Challenges of Organ Shortage for Heart Transplant: Surviving Amidst the Chaos of Long Waiting Times

• Sérgio Maltês, MD,
• Bruno M.L. Rocha, MD,
• Gonçalo J.L. Cunha, MD,
• Catarina Brízido, MD,
• Christopher Strong, MD,
• António Tralhão, MD,
• André Weigert, MD,
• João Sequeira Duarte, MD,
• Carlos Aguiar, MD,
• Miguel Mendes, MD,
• José P. Neves, MD

Affiliations

Sérgio Maltês, MD

1 Department of Cardiology, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Carnaxide, Portugal.

Bruno M.L. Rocha, MD

1 Department of Cardiology, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Carnaxide, Portugal.

Gonçalo J.L. Cunha, MD

1 Department of Cardiology, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Carnaxide, Portugal.

Catarina Brízido, MD

1 Department of Cardiology, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Carnaxide, Portugal.

Christopher Strong, MD

1 Department of Cardiology, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Carnaxide, Portugal.

António Tralhão, MD

1 Department of Cardiology, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Carnaxide, Portugal.

André Weigert, MD

2 Department of Nephrology, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Carnaxide, Portugal.

João Sequeira Duarte, MD

3 Department of Endocrinology, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal.

Carlos Aguiar, MD

1 Department of Cardiology, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Carnaxide, Portugal.

Miguel Mendes, MD

1 Department of Cardiology, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Carnaxide, Portugal.

José P. Neves, MD

4 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hospital de Santa Cruz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Carnaxide, Portugal.