New strategies to expand the donor pool: are they misguided?
Jonathan M Chen*, Yoshifumi Naka and Eric A Rose
Correspondence *The Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian Pediatric
Cardiac Surgery, 3959 Broadway, Suite 2-273, New York, NY 10032, USA
Email jmc23@columbia.edu
A shortage of donors limits the use of heart transplantation. Despite various efforts to widen selection criteria and increase availability, the collective epidemiologic impact on donor-organ shortage has been relatively small. Approaches to date and possible ways forward, including a balance between organs and mechanical assistance, are discussed.
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