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World J Transplant. Sep 18, 2025; 15(3): 102768
Published online Sep 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i3.102768
Published online Sep 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i3.102768
Innovative strategies to increase cardiac donor availability
Benjamin Alexander, Herra Javed, Anshaal Furrukh, Louis Steen, Taufiek Konrad Rajab, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202, United States
Krittika Joshi, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202, United States
Author contributions: Alexander B contributed to writing–original draft, reviewing, and editing; Javed H, Furrukh A, Steen L, Joshi K contributed to writing–reviewing, and editing; Rajab TK contributed to supervision, writing–reviewing and editing.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors of this manuscript report no conflicts interest.
Corresponding author: Taufiek Konrad Rajab, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Arkansas Children's Hospital, 1 Children's Way, Little Rock, AR 72202, United States. tkrajab@uams.edu
Received: October 30, 2024
Revised: February 10, 2025
Accepted: March 6, 2025
Published online: September 18, 2025
Processing time: 172 Days and 5 Hours
Revised: February 10, 2025
Accepted: March 6, 2025
Published online: September 18, 2025
Processing time: 172 Days and 5 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Heart transplantation is a procedure for extending the life of patients subject to heart failure but is limited in capacity by the availability of organ donations. Here we present a review on surgical, medical and policy innovations that can be used to increase the availability of donor organs for the general public.