Lessons learned from the first cardiac xenotransplant in a consciously consenting human: Psychiatric considerations and the impact of media exposure

Xenotransplantation. 2023 Nov-Dec;30(6):e12830. doi: 10.1111/xen.12830. Epub 2023 Oct 21.

Authors

Nithya Cherukuru¹, Argyro Athanasiadi¹, Rachel LeMalefant¹, David Mancini¹, Anique Forrester¹, David Glovinsky¹, Pinar Miski², Catherine Harrison-Restelli¹, Charles Robinson¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Division of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 37864487
DOI: 10.1111/xen.12830

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac xenotransplant; porcine heart; psychosocial evaluation.

MeSH terms

Heart*
Humans
Media Exposure*
Transplantation, Heterologous