Infectious complications following heart transplantation in the era of high-priority allocation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infectious complications are a major cause of morbidity and mortality after heart transplantation (HT). However, the epidemiology and outcomes of these infections in the recent population of adult heart transplant recipients have not been investigated.

Methods

We conducted a single-center retrospective study on infectious complications occurring within 180 days following HT on consecutive heart transplant recipients, from January 2011 to June 2015 at Bichat University Hospital in Paris, France. Risk factors for non-viral infections occurring within 8, 30 and 180 days after HT were investigated using competing risk analysis.

Results

Overall, 113 patients were included. Fifty-eight (51%) HTs were high-priority allocations. Twenty-eight (25%) patients had an e

SUBMITTER: Pons S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6347647 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature