Association of Transplant Center With Survival Benefit Among Adults Undergoing Heart Transplant in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In the United States, the number of deceased donor hearts available for transplant is limited. As a proxy for medical urgency, the US heart allocation system ranks heart transplant candidates largely according to the supportive therapy prescribed by transplant centers.

Objective

To determine if there is a significant association between transplant center and survival benefit in the US heart allocation system.

Design, setting, and participants

Observational study of 29 199 adult candidates for heart transplant listed on the national transplant registry from January 2006 through December 2015 with follow-up complete through August 2018.

Exposures

Transplant center.

Main outcomes and measures

The survival benefit associated with heart transplant

SUBMITTER: Parker WF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6865773 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature