The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 21, Issue 11 , Pages 1153-1160 , November 2002

Maximizing use of organs recovered from the cadaver donor: cardiac recommendations1 March 28–29, 2001, Crystal City, Va

  • Jonathan G Zaroff, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr. Jonathan G. Zaroff, University of California–San Francisco Medical Center, 505 Parnassus Avenue, Moffitt Suite 1176, San Francisco, California 94143-0124, USA. Telephone: 415-502-4597. Fax: 415-476-0424
    • Conference Co-Chair
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  • Bruce R Rosengard, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Conference Co-Chair
    • ,
  • William F Armstrong, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    • ,
  • Wayne D Babcock, BSN

      Affiliations

    • California Transplant Donor Network, Oakland, California, USA
    • ,
  • Anthony D’Alessandro, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    • ,
  • G.William Dec, MD

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston Massachusetts, USA
    • ,
  • Niloo M Edwards, MD

      Affiliations

    • Columbia, University, New York, New York, USA
    • ,
  • Robert S Higgins, MD

      Affiliations

    • Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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  • Valluvan Jeevanandum, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • Myron Kauffman, MD

      Affiliations

    • United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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  • James K Kirklin, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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  • Stephen R Large, MD

      Affiliations

    • Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  • Daniel Marelli, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Tammie S Peterson, RN

      Affiliations

    • Southwest Transplant Alliance, Tyler, Texas, USA
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  • W.Steves Ring, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA
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  • Robert C Robbins, MD

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
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  • Stuart D Russell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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  • David O Taylor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Adrian Van Bakel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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  • John Wallwork, MB

      Affiliations

    • Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  • James B Young, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Received 7 March 2002 ,Revised 21 May 2002 ,Accepted 23 May 2002.

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☆ “Maximizing Use of Organs Recovered From the Cadaver Donor” consensus conference report, March 28 and 29, 2001 Crystal City, Virginia. The conference was conducted with financial and other support from the American Society of Transplantation, the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.

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The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 21, Issue 11 , Pages 1153-1160 , November 2002

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