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Heart donation and transplantation after circulatory death: ethical issues after Europe’s first case

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  1. Service for Quality, Safety and Accreditation, San Bortolo Hospital, Via Rodolfi, 37, 36100, Vicenza, Italy

    Nereo Zamperetti

  2. Department of Intensive Care, Austin and Repatriation Medical Center, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia

    Rinaldo Bellomo

  3. Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Nicola Latronico

  4. Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Spedali Civili University Hospital, Piazzale Ospedali Civili, 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy

    Nicola Latronico

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Zamperetti, N., Bellomo, R. & Latronico, N. Heart donation and transplantation after circulatory death: ethical issues after Europe’s first case. Intensive Care Med 42, 93–95 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-3933-8

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