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Heart Transplantation and Donation After Circulatory Death in Children. A Review of the Technological, Logistical and Ethical Framework [1]

Submitted by joeldunning [2] on Thu, 2025-02-27 14:35

Heart transplants from donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors are well-established for adults in the United Kingdom, but extending this practice to pediatric heart transplants has been slow and difficult despite a severe donor shortage. Barriers include ethical concerns, technology gaps, and logistical challenges. This article urges action to establish a sustainable pediatric DCD cardiac program in the United Kingdom and offers insights for other countries facing similar issues.  

Source name: 
Transplant International
Resource link: 
https://www.frontierspartnerships.org/journals/transplant-international/articles… [3]
Subspecialty(ies): 
Cardiac [4]
Congenital [5]
Author(s): 
Louise Amelia Kenny, Liz Armstrong, Marius Berman, Joe Brierley, David Crossland, John Dark, Dale Gardiner, Stephen Ralph Large, Derek Manas, Mohamed Nassar, David Shaw, Emma Simpson
Taxonomy2018 vocabulary term reference: 
History [6]
Ethics [7]
Medical technology [8]
Source URL:https://www.ctsnet.org/jans/heart-transplantation-and-donation-after-circulatory-death-children-review-technological

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[1] https://www.ctsnet.org/jans/heart-transplantation-and-donation-after-circulatory-death-children-review-technological [2] https://www.ctsnet.org/home/joeldunning [3] https://www.frontierspartnerships.org/journals/transplant-international/articles/10.3389/ti.2025.13801/full [4] https://www.ctsnet.org/categories/cardiac [5] https://www.ctsnet.org/categories/congenital [6] https://www.ctsnet.org/taxonomy2018/history [7] https://www.ctsnet.org/taxonomy2018/ethics [8] https://www.ctsnet.org/taxonomy2018/medical-technology