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 NetworkData-Driven Volume Thresholds Predictive of Improved Outcomes after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
Frankel W, Godfrey E, Suarez E, Rana A, Shafii A, Loor G, Liao K. Data-Driven Volume Thresholds Predictive of Improved Outcomes after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2020, 39: s363. DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.441.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOrthotopic heart transplantationHigh-volume centersStratum-specific likelihood ratio (SSLR) analysisVolume centersHeart transplantationVolume strataImproved outcomesIntra-aortic balloon pumpImproved early outcomePost-transplant dialysisOrgan Sharing databaseLow-volume centersYears of ageLow-volume counterpartsComplex surgical careHalf of recipientsOHT casesPreoperative characteristicsPostoperative outcomesBalloon pumpFinal cohortPrimary outcomeSharing databaseMedication usageEarly mortality