Organ Donation Potential from Patients Receiving Mechanical Circulatory Support in the United Kingdom: A Single-Center Experience
Authors' conclusion
This study highlights that organ donation is feasible in patients receiving MCS, with outcomes similar to those not on MCS.
Study context
- Population
- Patients who died while receiving mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in the ICU of a UK tertiary cardiothoracic referral center, January 2012–November 2021208 referred for donation
- Participants
- 376 patients
- Exposure
- DCD vs DBD
- DCDn = 14
- DBDn = 2
- Outcome
- Organ donation potential and outcomes of organ transplantation
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Organ donation
Referred for organ donation
208
Became donors
16
Organs donated
30
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Recipient outcomes
- Median follow-up
- 1,196 days
- Survival rate
- 93%
- Organ utilization rates and recipient outcomes comparable to donors not on MCS
Cause of death associated with donation
- Neurologic complications most frequent
Original publication
Organ Donation Potential from Patients Receiving Mechanical Circulatory Support in the United Kingdom: A Single-Center Experience. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 30 April 2025. doi:10.
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