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Spanish Heart Transplant Registry. 29th Official Report of the Spanish Society of Cardiology Working Group on Heart Failure
- Source :
- Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition). 71:952-960
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The present report updates the characteristics and results of heart transplantation in Spain, mainly focused in the 2008-2017 period. METHODS We describe the recipient and donor characteristics, surgical procedures, and outcomes of heart transplants performed in 2017. The 2017 data were compared with those obtained from 2008 to 2016. RESULTS A total of 304 cardiac transplants were performed in 2017. Between 1984 and 2017, 8173 procedures were performed, 2689 of them after 2008. Significant temporal trends were observed in recipient characteristics (lower pulmonary vascular resistance, lower use of mechanical ventilation, and a higher percentage of diabetic patients and those with previous cardiac surgery), donor characteristics (older donor age and a higher percentage of female donors and those with a prior cardiac arrest) and procedures (lower ischemia time). In 2017, 27% of patients were transplanted after undergoing mechanical ventricular assistance (P
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Cardiology
Improved survival
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
Humans
Medicine
Registries
Societies, Medical
Retrospective Studies
Heart Failure
Mechanical ventilation
Heart transplantation
business.industry
Incidence
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Tissue Donors
Cardiac surgery
Survival Rate
medicine.anatomical_structure
030228 respiratory system
Spain
Heart failure
Circulatory system
Vascular resistance
Heart Transplantation
Female
business
Cardiac transplants
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18855857
- Volume :
- 71
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....94669aa17c008a2fc66c9660e6c7fa41