Trends and Outcomes of Cardiac Transplantation in the Lowest Urgency Candidates
Fuery MA, Chouairi F, Natov P, Bhinder J, Rose Chiravuri M, Wilson L, Clark KA, Reinhardt SW, Mullan C, Miller PE, Davis RP, Rogers JG, Patel CB, Sen S, Geirsson A, Anwer M, Desai N, Ahmad T. Trends and Outcomes of Cardiac Transplantation in the Lowest Urgency Candidates. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e023662. PMID: 34743559, PMCID: PMC9075266, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.023662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDatabases, FactualFemaleHeart TransplantationHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesSurvival AnalysisTissue DonorsTreatment OutcomeWaiting ListsConceptsLow-urgency patientsHigh-urgency patientsUrgency patientsCardiac transplantationAllocation system changeLonger waitlist timesOrgan Sharing databaseTime of transplantationCardiac transplantation candidatesNew allocation systemBaseline recipientPosttransplantation outcomesPosttransplantation survivalAdditional comorbiditiesClinical characteristicsConclusions PatientsHepatitis CIschemic timeTransplantation candidatesSharing databaseWaitlist timeWaitlist survivalUnited NetworkRetrospective analysisPatients