Comparison of Six-Month Outcomes in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients before and after UNOS Allocation System Change

HCM patients may have increased waitlist (WL) mortality. Given the recent change in prioritizing patients with restrictive and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy requiring mechanical support, we sought to assess whether the policy change would affect the waitlist and post-transplant outcomes in HCM pts.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: J.P. Li, K. Pandya, P. Kingsford, J. Nattiv, G. Liu, D. Vucicevic, P. Genyk, A. Wolfson, P. Banankhah, A. Vaidya, E. DePasquale Tags: (640) Source Type: research