Transplantation proceedings
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Because the donor shortage is extremely severe in Japan because of a strict organ transplantation law, special strategies have been established to maximize heart and lung transplantations (HTs and LTs, respectively). We reviewed 100 consecutive brain-dead donors to evaluate our strategies to identify and manage heart and lung donors. ⋯ Although the number of cases was still small, the availability of organs has been greater and the outcomes of HT/LT acceptable.