Five years of a self-sustaining heart transplant program in the Canary Islands

Five years of a self-sustaining heart transplant program in the Canary Islands

One significant challenge in heart transplant (HT) is the shortage of grafts and underutilization of the donor pool. This study analyzes the unique characteristics of the HT program in the Canary Islands, established in 2019, which operates with a predominantly self-sustaining donor pool. A retrospe...

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Main Authors: Maria del Val Groba-Marco, MD, Vicente Peña-Morant, MD, Francisco González-Vílchez, PhD, Mario Galván-Ruiz, MD, Miguel Fernandez-de-Sanmamed, MD, Jose Luis Romero-Lujan, MD, Francisco Portela-Torron, MD, Eduardo Jose Caballero-Dorta, PhD, Alicia Pérez-Blanco, PhD, Antonio García-Quintana, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-08-01
Series:JHLT Open
Subjects:
heart transplant
equity
sustainability
donor pool
donation after circulatory death
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950133425000709
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