The International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Thirty-Sixth Adult Lung and Heart –Lung Transplantation Report—2019; Focus Theme: Donor and Recipient Size Match

This thirty-sixth adult lung and heart –lung transplant report summarizes data from 69,200 adult lung and 4,128 adult heart-lung transplants performed through June 30, 2018 and reported to the International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry. With each year's report, we now provide more detailed analyses on a particular focus theme imp ortant to patient outcomes. Since 2013, these have been donor and recipient age; retransplantation; early graft failure; indication for transplant; allograft ischemic time; and multiorgan transplantation.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - August 7, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Daniel C. Chambers, Wida S. Cherikh, Michael O. Harhay, Don Hayes, Eileen Hsich, Kiran Khush, Bruno Meiser, Luciano Potena, Joseph W. Rossano, Aparna Sadavarte, Tajinder P. Singh, Alice E. Toll, Andreas Zuckermann, Josef Stehlik, for the International Soc Tags: Original Clinical Science Source Type: research