Reply from the authors: We do not know what we do not know-Mechanism of donor brain death and transplant recipient outcomes

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Mar;159(3):e214-e215. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.07.144. Epub 2019 Oct 14.

Authors

Oliver K Jawitz¹, Vignesh Raman², Carmelo Milano²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
² Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Brain Death*
Humans
Tissue Donors
Tissue and Organ Procurement*
Transplant Recipients

Grants and funding

T32 HL069749/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States