Donor-Recipient Weight Match in Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Liberalizing Weight Matching with Caution.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: To expand the donor pool, greater donor hearts tended to be used in heart transplantation. However, the data about the feasibility of expanding the donor and recipient weight ratios (DRWRs. All donor and recipient weight ratio (DRWR) in this study or cited from other articles were converted to the DRWR calculated by ((donor weight-recipient weight)/recipient weight) × 100%.) to >30% was still scant in China's pediatric heart transplantation (HTx). The potential risk increased along with the further expansion of the appropriate range of DRWR to >30% and its upper limit was still in debate. (2) Methods: Seventy-eight pediatric patients (age < 18 years) undergoing HTx between 2015 and 2020 at our center were divided into two groups based on the DRWR (>30% and ≤30%)

SUBMITTER: Chen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9145031 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature