Cardiomyopathy - Tissue - Deceased Donors
Essential information
- Obligatory
- Eyes:
Must not donate if:- Associated with extraocular muscle paresis, e.g. Kearns-Sayre Syndrome.
- Not recovered from infective causes.
- Other tissues:
Must not donate if:- Not recovered from infective causes.
- cardiomyopathy secondary to an infiltrative process e.g. amyloidosis, sarcoidosis.
- Eyes:
Supporting information
- See if relevant
- Reason for change:
- The entry has been changed to make it clear that cardiomyopathy is not an absolute contraindication to donation of cardiovascular tissues.
- Version details:
TD-DSG Edition 203 Release 26 (10 October 2016)