The Dead Heart Project: When is a 'dead' heart truly dead?

治疗终末期心力衰竭的最佳实践是心脏移植，然而供者心脏的可用性是不足的，并受到当前实践的限制。利用广泛的基础和临床研究方法，该项目旨在通过分析现有的和新的供体心脏来源来提高供体心脏的数量和质量，并利用新的运输设备和治疗剂延长供体心脏的储存时间和质量-从而增加成功的移植接受者的数量。

Best practice treatment for end-stage heart failure is heart transplantation, yet donor heart availability is deficient and limited by current practices. Using extensive basic and clinical research approaches, this project aims to increase donor heart quantity and quality by profiling current and novel donor heart sources, and extending donor heart storage time and quality using a novel transport device and therapeutic agents - thus increasing the number of successful transplant recipients.