Risks of Infectious Disease in Xenotransplantation

A free-access short editorial summarising a clinical question that may become central in cardiothoracic practice in future. The two paragraphs on Coronaviruses are of more generalised interest.

Surgeons embarking in what currently are the first steps of xeno transplantation for intrathoracic organs would benefit from this short essay. A gap in knowledge is identified, and questions from potential recipients and the public find some answers.