Waitlist Mortality for Patients with Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Under the 2018 UNOS Donor Heart Allocation System
Purpose: On October 18, 2018 the UNOS donor heart allocation system was redesigned to prioritize patients on the basis of predicted waitlist mortality. Patients listed for re-transplantation due to cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) are assigned to Status 4 unless hemodynamic criteria are met to qualify for a more urgent status. We sought to examine the waitlist outcomes of this unique cohort of patients compared to all other adult heart transplant candidates.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: , S.S. Patel, S. Sidhu, A.B. Massie, S. Golob, R. Goldberg, N. Moazami, A. Reyentovich Source Type: research
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