Disparities in donor heart acceptance between the USA and Europe: clinical implications.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Given limited evidence and lack of consensus on donor acceptance for heart transplant (HT), selection practices vary widely across HT centres in the USA. Similar variation likely exists on a broader scale-across countries and HT systems-but remains largely unexplored. This study characterized differences in heart donor populations and selection practices between the USA and Eurotransplant-a consortium of eight European countries-and their implications for system-wide outcomes.

Methods

Characteristics of adult reported heart donors and their utilization (the percentage of reported donors accepted for HT) were compared between Eurotransplant (n = 8714) and the USA (n = 60 882) from 2010 to 2020. Predictors of donor acceptance were identified using multivari

SUBMITTER: Wayda B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10659950 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature