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Author Spotlight: Enhancing Graft Viability Assessment Through Quantitative Metrics and Innovative Reservoir Systems
Published on: August 2, 2024
Looking at cardiac transplantation through a 20-year retrospective study-invited commentary
Hannah Copeland1,2, Jack G Copeland3
1Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Division of Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Abstract:
The authors present an excellent large cohort review and complete analysis of long-term heart transplant survival including multiple institutions. Most studies on long-term heart transplant survival have single-center institutional experience. The authors present a comprehensive national review of the United Network for Organ Sharing Database (UNOS). The paper reflects the early transplant era through 1998 and demonstrates the long-term survival of this time.

