Heart Transplantation
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
Paper
November 12, 2016
Operative technique and pitfalls in donor heart procurement
Shudo, Y., Hiesinger, W., Oyer, P. E., Woo, Y. J.
We describe a simple and reproducible donor heart procurement technique in sequential steps. A detailed understanding of procurement and organ preservation techniques should be an essential part of a heart transplant training program.