Table HR 7: Adult heart transplant recipients on life support before transplant.
Patients may have more than one type of life support. Circulatory support: left ventricular assist device, right ventricular assist device, total artificial heart, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and intra-aortic balloon pump.
| Life support type | 2020 N | 2020 Percent | 2023 N | 2023 Percent |
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| Life support type | ||||
| Any life support | 2,593 | 79.8 | 3,129 | 76.5 |
| Left ventricular assist device | 1,101 | 33.9 | 1,523 | 37.2 |
| Intravenous inotropes | 1,283 | 39.5 | 1,648 | 40.3 |
| Intra-aortic balloon pump Right | 871 | 26.8 | 868 | 21.2 |
| ventricular assist device Extra |
68 | 2.1 | 88 | 2.2 |
| corporeal membrane | 180 | 5.5 | 323 | 7.9 |
| oxygenation Total artificial heart | 6 | 0.2 | 10 | 0.2 |
| Ventilator | 70 | 2.2 | 110 | 2.7 |
| Inhaled nitric oxide | 17 | 0.5 | 34 | 0.8 |
| Prostaglandins | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.1 |
OPTN/SRTR 2023 Annual Data Report