Abstract 14420: 50 Year Heart Transplantation Ultra Long-Term Outcomes - The Stanford Experience

Abstract 14420: 50 Year Heart Transplantation Ultra Long-Term Outcomes - The Stanford Experience

BackgroundSince 1968, heart transplantation has become the definitive treatment for patients with end-stage heart failure. In this study, we aim to investigate heart transplantation trends and outcomes over the past 50 years.MethodsFrom January 6, 1968 to December 2017, 1703 adult patients underwent...

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Veröffentlicht in:Circulation (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2018-11, Vol.138 (Suppl_1 Suppl 1), p.A14420-A14420
Hauptverfasser: Zhu, Yuanjia, Shudo, Yasuhiro, Lingala, Bharathi, Yasukawa, Lee Ann, Loh, Eileen, Oyer, Philip E, Woo, Y J
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Zusammenfassung:BackgroundSince 1968, heart transplantation has become the definitive treatment for patients with end-stage heart failure. In this study, we aim to investigate heart transplantation trends and outcomes over the past 50 years.MethodsFrom January 6, 1968 to December 2017, 1703 adult patients underwent heart transplant at Stanford Hospital. Our primary end point was all cause mortality and secondary end points included infection, rejection within one year requiring hospitalization, and graft failure.ResultsAverage recipient age (48±12.8 years) and donor age (29.7±11.5 years) significantly increased over time (p
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1524-4539