Heart recovery technique adapted for pediatric transplants
Surgeons at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital have successfully adapted the REUP heart preservation technique for pediatric patients. This method allows for the recovery of donor hearts from greater distances, potentially increasing the availability of lifesaving transplants for children.
Why it matters
Expanding the donor pool for pediatric heart transplants addresses a critical shortage and improves survival outcomes for children with heart failure.
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Add to Preferred Sources Credit: Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels A donor heart recovery technique developed at Vanderbilt Health has been successfully adapted for children by pediatric heart transplant surgeons at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, potentially expanding access to lifesaving heart transplants for children.
In a recent New England Journal of Medicine article, surgeons with the Golisano Pediatric Heart Institute at Monroe Carell and Vanderbilt Health's adult heart transplant team reported on their successful recovery and transplantation of five donor hearts in children using the novel technique known as REUP (rapid recovery with extended ultraoxygenated preservation). Since then, five more children were saved using this approach.
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