Donor-recipient risk assessment tools in heart transplant recipients: the Bad Oeynhausen experience.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Some risk assessment tools have been developed to categorize mortality risk in heart transplant recipients, but it is unclear whether these tools can be used interchangeable in different transplant regions.

Methods and results

We performed a retrospective single-centre study in 1049 adult German heart transplant recipients under jurisdiction of Eurotransplant. Univariable and multivariable Cox regression analysis was used to generate a risk scoring system. C-statistics were used to compare our score with a US score and a French score regarding their ability to discriminate between 1 year survivors and non-survivors within our study cohort. Of 38 parameters assessed, seven recipient-specific parameters [age, height, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), ischaemic cardiomyopathy

SUBMITTER: Schramm R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8712925 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature