Great variability in donor heart acceptance practices across the United States.

ABSTRACT: Disparities in organ acceptance practices exacerbate donor heart nonuse and lead to increased waiting times and mortality for heart transplant candidates. We studied disparities in donor heart acceptance among US transplant centers and their relations to posttransplant outcomes. Candidate, potential transplant recipient match run, and deceased donor data were obtained from the United Network for Organ Sharing. We analyzed donor, candidate, and transplant center characteristics with respect to organ acceptance, offer acceptance, number of offers before acceptance (organ sequence number), and association with posttransplant mortality. A total of 693 420 donor heart offers made between April 2007 and December 2015 were included. We identified great variability in donor heart acceptance practi

SUBMITTER: Khush KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7261633 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature