%0 Journal Article
%T Is There a Crisis in Heart Transplantation? Reflection over 10 Years
%A Karin Purshouse
%A Stephen Large
%A Henry Dargie
%A John Dunning
%A James Neuberger
%J Open Journal of Organ Transplant Surgery
%P 1-4
%@ 2163-9493
%D 2012
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojots.2012.21001
%X Heart transplantation is without doubt a very effective treatment for patientsĄŻ whose lives and well-being are threatened by their failing heart. We previously categorized our concerns into four areas or Ds: Donor availability, Disorganization, Disillusionment (of clinicians) and Disaffection (of tomorrowĄŻs clinicians). After a decade, this is a timely reflection on this crisis of cardiac transplantation. It is also appropriate to set this in the context of a fifth D, the Demand for heart transplantation. In this reflective analysis, we use the 5 Ds to explore the current climate in heart transplantation, with particular reference to the situation in the UK.
%K Heart Transplantation
%K Heart Failure
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=17718