Current status and recent advances of liver transplantation from donation after cardiac death

Figure 1 Data from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Liver Transplant Unit. (A) Note the average number of patients in the transplant wait list, especially in the years 2001/02, 2004/05 and 2008/09 had not changed; in contrast, the mortality while on transplant wait list has been significantly increased despite an increase in the LT activity from donors after cardiac death donors (B).