Table 1.
Demographic characteristics by presence of dual thoracic organ recovery in donation after circulatory death heart donors
| Characteristics | Heart only N (%) or median (IQR) (N = 268) | Heart + lung N (%) or median (IQR) (N = 64) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donor age (y) | 29.0 (23.0-35.0) | 27.0 (21.0-35.0) | .142∗ |
| Calculated donor BMI | 27.0 (24.0-31.0) | 25.0 (22.0-28.0) | <.001∗ |
| Male donor | 240 (89.6%) | 56 (87.5%) | .635† |
| Procurement type | .753† | ||
| DCD alone | 169 (63.1%) | 39 (60.9%) | |
| DCD with NRP | 99 (36.9%) | 25 (39.1%) | |
| Year organ was recovered | .291† | ||
| 2019 | 4 (1.5%) | 3 (4.7%) | |
| 2020 | 89 (33.2%) | 17 (26.6%) | |
| 2021 | 144 (53.7%) | 38 (59.4%) | |
| 2022 | 31 (11.6%) | 6 (9.4%) | |
| History of smoking | 25 (9.3%) | 2 (3.1%) | .104† |
| History of diabetes | 7 (2.7%) | 2 (3.2%) | .654‡ |
| History of hypertension | 38 (14.2%) | 7 (10.9%) | .490† |
| Standstill to clamp (min) | 11.0 (9.0-58.0) | 10.5 (8.0-68.0) | .863∗ |
| PaO2 on 1.0 FiO2 | 133.5 (91.4-245.0) | 412.0 (316.5-459.0) | <.001∗ |
| Heart transplanted | 246 (91.8%) | 58 (90.6%) | .763† |
| Lungs recovered | - | 121 | - |
| Single | - | 7 (10.9%) | |
| Bilateral | - | 57 (89.1%) | |
| Lungs discarded | - | 39 (32.2%) | - |
| Single | - | 5 | |
| Bilateral | - | 17 | |
| Lungs transplanted | - | 82 (67.8%) | - |
| Single | - | 8 | |
| Bilateral | - | 37 |
IQR, Interquartile range; BMI, body mass index; DCD, donation after circulatory death; NRP, normothermic regional perfusion.
∗
Wilcoxon.
†
Chi-square.
‡
Fisher exact.