Outcomes of donation after brain death heart transplantation from older donors: A contemporary analysis of the UNOS database

Outcomes of donation after brain death heart transplantation from older donors: A contemporary analysis of the UNOS database

Background: The effect of older donor age on heart transplant outcomes remains controversial, with traditional views that older donors lead to worse post-transplant survival. However, in the modern era, the use of extended donor criteria has included older donors in efforts to expand the donor pool....

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Main Authors: Selena S. Li, MD, Adham Makarem, MD, MPH, Masaki Funamoto, MD, PhD, Eriberto Michel, MD, Antonia Kreso, MD, Alireza S. Rabi, MD, PhD, Van-Khue Ton, MD, PhD, Daniel Zlotoff, MD, PhD, Bin Quan Yang, MD, Gregory Lewis, MD, David D’Alessandro, MD, Asishana A. Osho, MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-08-01
Series:JHLT Open
Subjects:
heart transplantation
older donors
donation after brain death (DBD)
donor age
coronary allograft vasculopathy
UNOS database
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950133425001089
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