Allograft discard risk index for heart transplantation.

Ross M ReulAsad A SaleemChristian N KellerTahir H MalikTodd K RosengartJohn A GossAbbas A Rana

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2021)

The factors leading to heart allograft discard are not correlated to the same degree with post-transplant outcomes. This suggests that optimizing utilization of certain allografts with slightly higher risk of discard could increase the heart donor pool with limited impact on posttransplant mortality.

Keyphrases

heart failure
kidney transplantation
atrial fibrillation
risk factors
skeletal muscle
insulin resistance