The Year in Cardiothoracic Transplant Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2020 Part II: Cardiac Transplantation

This special article focuses on the highlights in the cardiac transplantation literature in the year 2020. These include the selection and optimization of both the recipient and donor organs, including the use of prehabilitation, the use of new bridging techniques, the use and outcomes of using mechanical circulatory support, including left ventricular assist devices and the total artificial heart, the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in previously transplanted patients and transplant candidates, and updates the perioperative management of this patient population.