This book presents a view of the current environment of organ donation and transplantation after cardiac death in China, including legal and ethical aspects of cardiac death, assessment and management of potential organ donor, quality evaluation and machine perfusion of organ, as well as immunology, imaging and pathology related to transplantation from cardiac death donors. Since 2015, voluntary donation has been announced as the only legitimate venue for organ transplant in China. As cardiac death is adopted in China, the donation mode is different from those in other countries where brain death is adopted. It offers transplant surgeons and physicians valuable information on optimal practice proposal for organ donation after cardiac death in China.

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Xiaoshun He The First Affiliated Hospital Sun Yatsen University Guangzhou, China Email: gdtrc@163.com Jiefu Huang Peking Union Medical College Hospital Beijing, China Email: jeffrey1301@hotmail.com