Liver transplantation using Donation after Cardiac Death donors Diethard Monbaliu, Jacques Pirenne, David Talbot  Journal of Hepatology  Volume 56, Issue 2, Pages 474-485 (February 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.07.004 Copyright © 2011 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Graft survival at 1, 2, and 3years after liver transplantation using standard criteria DBD donors (black line), extended criteria DBD donors (blue line), >60 DBD donors (grey dotted line), and DCD donors (red line). Data from the Collaborative Transplant Study (CTS). Journal of Hepatology 2012 56, 474-485DOI: (10.1016/j.jhep.2011.07.004) Copyright © 2011 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions

Fig. 2 Liver transplantation from DCD donors amongst different European countries in 2009. Numbers of liver transplantations from DCD donors presented as percentages of the total number of deceased liver transplantations per country. Journal of Hepatology 2012 56, 474-485DOI: (10.1016/j.jhep.2011.07.004) Copyright © 2011 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions

Fig. 3 In the UK, an increase of the number of DCD is accompanied by a decrease in the number of DBD and this may reflect in part a phenomenon of substitution (early conversion of potential DBD into DCD) (Courtesy of Mark Jones from UK Transplant and Darius Mirza, Birmingham, UK). Journal of Hepatology 2012 56, 474-485DOI: (10.1016/j.jhep.2011.07.004) Copyright © 2011 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions

Fig. 4 Erosion of the DCD into the DBD donor pool as experienced in the Netherlands (courtesy of the Dutch Transplantation Society and from R. Porte). Journal of Hepatology 2012 56, 474-485DOI: (10.1016/j.jhep.2011.07.004) Copyright © 2011 European Association for the Study of the Liver Terms and Conditions