Clinical trends, risk factors, and temporal effects of post-transplant dialysis on outcomes following orthotopic heart transplantation in the 2018 United States heart allocation system.
Yeahwa HongNicholas R HessLuke A ZieglerGavin W HickeyJessica H HustonMichael A MathierDennis M McNamaraMary E KeeblerDavid J KaczorowskiPublished in: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation (2023)
This study demonstrates that post-transplant dialysis is associated with significantly increased morbidity and mortality in the new allocation system. Post-transplant survival is affected by the chronicity of post-transplant dialysis. Low pretransplant eGFR and ECMO are strong risk factors for post-transplant dialysis.