Artificial intelligence and transplanting the elderly

Considering elderly donors, it may be speculated that dedicated datasets should be built, due to the epidemiological changes in donor panorama and the increasing number of older recipients in the waiting lists. So far, only some transplant centers have gained experiences in managing elderly donors, so there is the need of generalized standard protocols for data exchange. To assess organ suitability for transplant, elaborating data from ex vivo machine perfusion would be of utmost importance. Regarding elderly recipients, post-transplant complications (in primis cardiovascular ones) should be considered to elaborate machine learning prediction models for patient outcome.