RCT | Noninferior survival rates with hearts donated after circulatory death versus brain death

Transplantation Outcomes with Donor Hearts after Circulatory Death – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Video summary: Outcomes with Donor Hearts after Circulatory Death | NEJM

News Release: Multicenter Trial Finds Using Circulatory Death Donors is Safe and Effective for Heart Transplantation – Northwestern Medicine

Commentary: Transplantation Outcomes With Donor Hearts After Circulatory Death – American College of Cardiology

Commentary on Twitter

In a randomized trial, survival at 6 months after transplantation with hearts donated after circulatory death was noninferior to that with hearts donated after brain death. https://t.co/IymsknTqSE#cardiology pic.twitter.com/oYAS10fVJt

— NEJM (@NEJM) June 7, 2023