Donor/recipient sex mismatch and survival after heart transplantation: only an issue in male recipients? An analysis of the Spanish Heart Transplantation Registry

Summary The results of studies on the association between sex mismatch and survival after heart transplantation are conflicting. Data from the Spanish Heart Transplantation Registry. From 4625 recipients, 3707 (80%) were men. The donor was female in 943 male recipients (25%) and male in 481 female r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transplant international 2015-03, Vol.28 (3), p.305-313
Hauptverfasser:	Martinez‐Selles, Manuel, Almenar, Luis, Paniagua‐Martin, Maria J., Segovia, Javier, Delgado, Juan F., Arizón, Jose M., Ayesta, Ana, Lage, Ernesto, Brossa, Vicens, Manito, Nicolás, Pérez‐Villa, Félix, Diaz‐Molina, Beatriz, Rábago, Gregorio, Blasco‐Peiró, Teresa, De La Fuente Galán, Luis, Pascual‐Figal, Domingo, Gonzalez‐Vilchez, Francisco
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Female gender heart transplantation Heart Transplantation - mortality Humans Kaplan-Meier Estimate Male Middle Aged mismatch Registries Retrospective Studies sex Sex Factors Spain - epidemiology Survival Rate - trends Tissue and Organ Procurement - methods Transplant Recipients Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Summary The results of studies on the association between sex mismatch and survival after heart transplantation are conflicting. Data from the Spanish Heart Transplantation Registry. From 4625 recipients, 3707 (80%) were men. The donor was female in 943 male recipients (25%) and male in 481 female recipients (52%). Recipients of male hearts had a higher body mass index (25.9 ± 4.1 vs. 24.3 ± 3.7; P
ISSN:	0934-0874 1432-2277
DOI:	10.1111/tri.12488