Prof. Dr. Med. Bart Meyns

Head of the Department
of Cardiac Surgery

Leuven University Hospital; Catholic University Leuven

Manuscripts & Publications

	Managing Patients With Short-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support: JACC Review Topic of the Week The use of mechanical circulatory support for patients presenting with cardiogenic shock is rapidly increasing.
	Anticoagulation for Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device-Supported Cardiogenic Shock: JACC Review Topic of the Week Interest in the use of mechanical circulatory support for patients presenting with cardiogenic shock is growing rapidly.
	Transplantation of donor hearts after circulatory death using normothermic regional perfusion and cold storage preservation Hearts donated after circulatory determination of death are usually preserved with normothermic machine perfusion prior to transplantation. This type of preservation is costly, requires bench time adding to warm ischaemia, and does not provide a reliable evaluation of the unloaded donor heart. We report on 4 successful donation after circulatory death (category III) hearts transplanted after thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) and static cold storage.