Impact of Sharing O Heart with Non-O Recipients: Simulation in the United Network for Organ Sharing Registry.

CONCLUSIONS: Under the current strategy, there are death and transplant rate differences between O and non-O candidates. Our simulation-based allocation strategy might aid in mitigating this discrepancy across blood types.
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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - August 1, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Ando M, Takeda K, Kurlansky PA, Han J, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Farr M, Naka Y, Takayama H Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research