Use of Cardiac Grafts from Suicidal Hanging Donors: Single-Center Experience

Overall, in a large-volume, single-center experience, while there was a trend toward a higher incidence of PGD requiring ECMO, transplantation of a heart from a suicidal hanging donor was not associated with a higher 30-day and 1-year mortality. Thus, these results suggest that hearts from suicidal hanging donors may be appropriately considered for transplantations, with heightened awareness of a possible increased risk of PGD requiring ECMO.