Key result
Novel rapid-recovery DCD heart preservation technique yields normal biventricular function in all pediatric recipients.
A rapid-recovery technique with oxygenated preservation enables the successful use of donation after circulatory death hearts in pediatric transplantation, yielding normal biventricular function early post-transplant.
Should not yet change pediatric transplant practice; hypothesis-generating in small series and requires prospective validation.
In five pediatric heart transplantations, a rapid-recovery technique involving oxygenated preservation enabled the use of donated hearts without reanimation. All recipients had normal biventricular function by day 7.
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Williams et al. (2026) studied this question. Pediatric heart transplantation using a rapid-recovery technique with oxygenated preservation after circulatory death yielded normal biventricular function in all five recipients by day 7.
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