Review Article
Combating Donor Organ Shortage: Organ Care System Prolonging Organ Storage Time and Improving the Outcome of Heart Transplantations
| Study Characteristics | Studies | Year | Subjects | N | Donor Criteria | | | | Cold Storage | OCS | |
| Saez et al. [7] | 2014 | Humans | - | 26 | Extended |
| Koerner et al. [8] | 2014 | Humans | 130 | 29 | Standard |
| Yeter et al. [9] | 2014 | Humans | - | 21 | Extended |
| Saez et al. [10] | 2015 | Porcine Model | - | 5 | Donation after circulatory death (DCD) |
| Iyer et al. [11] | 2015 | Juvenile Landrace pigs | 3 | 7 | Donation after circulatory death (DCD) |
| Saez et al. [12] | 2015 | cf-LVAD patients | 15 | 15 | Standard |
| Ardehali et al. [13] | 2015 | Humans | 63 | 67 | Standard |
| Stamp et al. [14] | 2015 | Human | - | 1 | Standard |
| Dhital et al. [15] | 2015 | Humans | - | 3 | Donation after circulatory death (DCD) |
| Chan et al. [16] | 2017 | Humans | 19 | 19 | Standard |
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Extended donor criteria - donor hearts with a high risk of an adverse donor-recipient profile. |