Table 2.

Analysis of reported cases of coronavirus transmission during heart transplantation.

Authors	Cases	Proof of Coronavirus in a Donor	Proof of Coronavirus in a Recipient	Complication
Shin Lin et al. [45]	5 cases of heart transplantation from COVID-19-positive donors	NP RT-PCR: positive (0–1 days prior) Bronchoalveolar lavage PCR test—positive (0 days) Blood IgG spike—positive (0 days)	None	1 case—primary graft dysfunction 4 cases—none or nonspecific complication
Jashari R. et al. [46]	2 cases of heart transplantation from COVID-19-positive donors	NP RT-PCR: positive (0 days prior) PCR test on the myocardium and heart valves—negative	PCR of the cardio-vascular tissues—negative	None
Castro-Varela A. et al. [47]	6 cases of heart transplantation from COVID-19-positive donors	NP RT-PCR: positive (1–7 days prior)	NP RT-PCR: negative	3—primary graft dysfunction 1—diffuse myocyte injury, pericarditis, death
Eichenberger E.M. et al. [48]	9 cases of heart transplantation from COVID-19-positive donors	NP RT-PCR: positive (1–7 days prior)	NP RT-PCR: negative	1—detection of coronavirus antigens in the myocardium using IHC 1—massive hemorrhage and coronary thrombosis
Vaidya, G. N. et al. [49]	177 cases of heart transplantation from COVID-19-positive donors	NP RT-PCR: positive (0–14 days prior)	NP RT-PCR: negative	6—primary graft dysfunction 9—death
Neidlinger N. A. et al. [10]	1 cases of heart transplantation from COVID-19-positive donors	Stool PCR positive (3 days prior) NP RT-PCR: negative (0 days prior)	NP RT-PCR: negative	None
Madan S. et al. [50]	150 cases of heart transplantation from COVID-19-positive donors	NP RT-PCR: negative (0–2 days prior)	NP RT-PCR: negative	23—mortality, cumulative Kaplan–Meier estimated primary graft dysfunction—no data

Abbreviations: NP RT-PCR—nasopharyngeal swab reverse transcription PCR.