A comprehensive risk assessment of mortality following donation after cardiac death liver transplant - an analysis of the national registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Organ scarcity has resulted in increased utilization of donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors. Prior analysis of patient survival following DCD liver transplantation has been restricted to single institution cohorts and a limited national experience. We compared the current national experience with DCD and DBD livers to better understand survival after transplantation.

Methods

We compared 1113 DCD and 42,254 DBD recipients from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients database between 1996 and 2007. Patient survival was analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier methodology and Cox regression.

Results

DCD recipients experienced worse patient survival compared to DBD recipients (p<0.001). One and 3 year survival was 82% and 71% for DCD compared to 86

SUBMITTER: Jay C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3177011 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature