Comparison of Six-Month Outcomes in Patients with Cardiac Amyloidosis before and after the UNOS Allocation System Change

Advanced amyloid cardiomyopathy (ACM) patients have high waitlist (WL) mortality. Given the greater emphasis and clarity for status exceptions for ACM patients in the new allocation system, we sought to assess whether this change in the allocation policy would affect the WL and post-transplant outcomes in ACM pts.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: J.P. Li, P.A. Kingsford, G.S. Liu, J. Nattiv, P.A. Genyk, A. Wolfson, D. Vucicevic, P. Banankhah, A. Salimbangon, M. Fong, K. Pandya, L. Grazette, E.C. DePasquale, A.S. Vaidya Tags: (660) Source Type: research