Erratum to: Successful Heart Transplantation after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation of Donors

It has been brought to the Editor's attention that in the above-mentioned article, published efirst on July 16, 2020, some details were published incorrectly. DOI of the original article: 10.1055/s-0040-1713351.

1. Arash Mehdiani and Moritz Benjamin Immohr share first authorship. Their contributions are explained in the Acknowledgment and the co-authors have agreed to this.

2. The affiliation of the authors Daniel Scheiber and Ralf Westenfeld was given incorrectly. It should be:

   ²Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Medical School, Moorenstrasse 5, Duesseldorf, Germany

3. [Fig. 2] was truncated during the production process. It is reproduced here in full ([Fig. 2]).

Fig. 2 Survival after HTx during follow-up (no history of donor CPR: control; CPR of donor: donor CPR). Patients were censored when they reached the end of the study period. (A) Comparison between the control and donor CPR group. (B) Survival of the donor CPR group in regard to the time of CPR. (C) Survival of the donor CPR group in regard to the duration between CPR and recovery of organs. (D) Survival of the Donor CPR group in regard to the cause of the donor's brain death. CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; HTx, heart transplantation.

Markus K Heinemann, MD, PhD

Editor-in-Chief

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

^* Both authors share first authorship.

Publication History

Received: 29 December 2019

Accepted: 27 April 2020

Article published online:
20 September 2021