Heart transplantation from donation after circulatory death donors

Peter Macdonald¹, Deborah Verran, Michael O'Leary+2

• ¹1 Heart Transplant Unit, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia. 2 Transplantation Research Laboratory, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, NSW, Australia. 3 St Vincent's Hospital Clinical School, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia. 4 Clinical Resource Officer, DonateLife Organ and Tissue Donation Network, Australian Organ & Tissue Authority, NSW, Australia. 5 Liver Transplant Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia. 6 Acting State Medical Director, New South Wales Organ and Tissue Donation Service, Kogarah, NSW, Australia. 7 Intensive Care Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia. 8 Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia.