Predicted heart mass for size matching in obese heart transplant donors and recipients.

Natasha AleksovaChun-Po S FanFarid Foroutan Yasbanoo MoayediJuan Duero PosadaCaroline McGuintyAdriana LukJosef StehlikHeather J RossAna Carolina Alba

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2022)

Actual PHM can be used for size matching when assessing mortality risk in obese recipients or recipients of obese donors. There is no advantage to re-calculating PHM using IBW to define candidate risk at the time of organ allocation.

Keyphrases

kidney transplantation
adipose tissue
weight loss
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
obese patients
heart failure
bariatric surgery
atrial fibrillation