Impact of age over 70 years in the new allocation system on the outcomes of heart transplantation in the US.

Marco Gemelli Ilias P DoulamisMariangela AddonizioAspasia TzaniAthanasios RempakosPolydoros KampaktsisAlvise GuarientoErnesto Ruiz DunqueRabea AslehPaulino AlvarezAlexandros Briasoulis

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2024)

Age ≥70 is a significant predictor of 1-year mortality following heart transplantation, but not at 5 and 10 years; however, the new allocation does not seem to have changed the outcomes for this group of patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
cardiovascular events
risk factors