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Purpose: In our study we analyzed if recipients receiving marginal donor (MD) hearts, selected by dipyridamole stress echocardiography according to the ADOHERS national protocol, had different outcomes compared to recipients with acceptable donor (AD) hearts. Methods: Data were collected and retrospectively analyzed from patients who received an orthotopic heart transplant at our institution between 2006 and 2014. Dipyridamole stress echo was performed on identified marginal donors and selected hearts were eventually transplanted. Clinical, laboratory and instrumental features of the recipients were evaluated and patients with homogenous baseline characteristics were selected. Results: Eleven recipients transplanted with a selected marginal heart and eleven recipients transplanted with an acceptable heart were included. Mean donor age was 41 \u00b1 23. The median follow-up was 113 months (IQR 86\u2013146 months). Age, cardiovascular risk and morpho-functional characteristics of the left ventricle were comparable between the two populations (p &gt; 0.05). Left atrial size was significantly higher in patients with marginal hearts (acceptable atrial volume: 23 \u00b1 5 mL; marginal atrial volume: 38 \u00b1 5 mL; p = 0.003). Acceptable donor recipients showed a higher impact of Cardiac Allograph Vasculopathy (p = 0.019). No rejection differences were found between the two groups. Four patients deceased, three were standard donor recipients and one was from the marginal donor group. Conclusions: Our study shows how cardiac transplant (Htx) from selected marginal donor hearts through a non-invasive bedside technique can alleviate the shortage of organs without a difference in survival compared to acceptable donor hearts.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12103505","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,17]],"date-time":"2023-05-17T01:58:06Z","timestamp":1684288686000},"page":"3505","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["ADONHERS (Aged DONor HEart Rescue by Stress Echo) National Protocol: Recipient\u2019s Survival after 10-Year Follow-Up"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3184-3006","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Giulia","family":"Mandoli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Biotechnologies, Division of Cardiology, University of Siena, Policlinico \u201cLe Scotte\u201d, 53100 Siena, 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