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Hearts on the Line: Choosing Wisely, Saving Lives ❤️🫀

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🫀 Heart transplantation is a life-saving treatment for end-stage heart failure, but donor hearts are scarce.

🔍 Donor selection is complex, involving factors like age, heart size, LV function, and comorbidities.

🌍 The U.S. is more conservative than Europe, with higher donor heart nonuse rates.

⚙️ New tools like Predicted Heart Mass (PHM), Organ Care Systems, and AI models improve matching and outcomes.

💉 Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) is expanding the donor pool.

⚖️ Ethical concerns and upcoming policy shifts aim for more equitable, data-driven heart allocation.

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Content provided by MasterMedFacts LLC and RR Baliga MD. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by MasterMedFacts LLC and RR Baliga MD or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.

🫀 Heart transplantation is a life-saving treatment for end-stage heart failure, but donor hearts are scarce.

🔍 Donor selection is complex, involving factors like age, heart size, LV function, and comorbidities.

🌍 The U.S. is more conservative than Europe, with higher donor heart nonuse rates.

⚙️ New tools like Predicted Heart Mass (PHM), Organ Care Systems, and AI models improve matching and outcomes.

💉 Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) is expanding the donor pool.

⚖️ Ethical concerns and upcoming policy shifts aim for more equitable, data-driven heart allocation.

  continue reading

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