%0 Journal Article %T Intraabdominal Approach During Donation-After-Cardiac-Death Procurement May Offer a Simpler and Faster Way to Achieve Thoracic Aorta Cross-Clamp %J Archive of "The Ochsner Journal". %D 2019 %R 10.31486/toj.18.0175 %X The number of donation-after-cardiac-death (DCD) procurements has continued to rise in recent years because of the unmet demand of patients on the transplant waitlist.1 However, these organs are predisposed to challenges arising from ischemic insults. Here, we describe a technique that can potentially speed the time to cross-clamp %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6447202/