Association of Cold Ischemic Time with Early and Long-Term Outcomes in a Nationwide Korean Heart Transplant Cohort.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Cold ischemic time (CIT) is considered a determinant of graft dysfunction after heart transplantation (HT), but its impact within typical Korean preservation times remains unclear. We evaluated the associations of CIT and warm ischemic time (WIT) with outcomes in a Korean cohort. METHODS We...