Survival on the Heart Transplant Waiting List
Bakhtiyar SS, Godfrey EL, Ahmed S, Lamba H, Morgan J, Loor G, Civitello A, Cheema FH, Etheridge WB, Goss J, Rana A. Survival on the Heart Transplant Waiting List. JAMA Cardiology 2020, 5: 1227-1235. PMID: 32785619, PMCID: PMC7675100, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.2795.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentricular assist deviceHeart transplant waiting listList survivalTransplant waiting listWaiting listMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regression analysisCox proportional hazards regression analysisProportional hazards regression analysisHeart transplantation waiting listAdjusted survival analysisHazards regression analysisTransplantation waiting listWait-listed candidatesCandidate risk factorsHeart transplantationList mortalityUNOS databaseClinical improvementHeart transplantPrimary outcomeAdjusted analysisSurvival outcomesKaplan-MeierPatient groupUnited Network