AUTHOR=Kasinpila Patpilai , Ruaengsri Chawannuch , Koyano Tiffany , Shudo Yasuhiro 

TITLE=Case report: Heart retransplant from a donor after circulatory death and extended transport period with normothermic perfusion

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1212886

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2023.1212886

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=<p>A 55-year-old man with end-stage heart failure, who had an orthotopic heart transplant 21 years prior, underwent heart retransplantation using a heart from a donor with circulatory death in a distant location and an extended transport period with normothermic <italic>ex vivo</italic> perfusion. Owing to the persistent and worsening shortage of donor hearts, this case illustrates that expanding the donor acceptance criteria to include more distant donor locations and enrolling recipients with extended criteria (e.g., heart retransplantation) is feasible.</p>