Evolving Trends in Adult Heart Transplant With the 2018 Heart Allocation Policy Change.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The US heart allocation policy was changed on October 18, 2018. The association of this change with recipient and donor selection and outcomes remains to be elucidated.

Objective

To evaluate changes in patient characteristics, wait list outcomes, and posttransplant outcomes after the recent allocation policy change in heart transplant.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cohort study, all 15 631 adults undergoing heart transplants, excluding multiorgan transplants, in the US as identified by the United Network for Organ Sharing multicenter, national registry were reviewed. Patients were stratified according to prepolicy change (October 1, 2015, to October 1, 2018) and postpolicy change (October 18, 2018 or after). Follow-up data were available through

SUBMITTER: Kilic A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7593876 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature