Table 1.
Patient Characteristics for all heart transplant recipients aged 18 (1995–2005)
| STD
|
SR:MD
|
HR:SD
|
ALT
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart Transplant Recipients | n | 9642 | 74.0% | 970 | 7.4% | 2065 | 15.9% | 347 | 2.7% |
| Mean Age | years | 50.0 | ±11.6 | 51.8 | ±10.5 | 58.8 | ±11.7 | 60.6 | ±10.7 |
| Male Sex | n | 7249 | 75.18% | 751 | 77.4% | 1598 | 77.4% | 285 | 82.1% |
| Cause of Heart Failure | |||||||||
| Ischemic | n | 4338 | 45.0% | 486 | 50.1% | 1019 | 49.3% | 147 | 42.4% |
| Dilated | n | 4368 | 45.3% | 415 | 42.8% | 528 | 25.6% | 75 | 21.6% |
| Other | n | 936 | 9.7% | 69 | 7.1% | 518 | 25.1% | 125 | 36.0% |
| Status at Transplant | |||||||||
| 1 | n | 6973 | 72.3% | 238 | 24.5% | 536 | 26.0% | 107 | 30.8% |
| 2 | n | 2651 | 27.5% | 236 | 24.3% | 534 | 25.9% | 105 | 30.3% |
| Life Support at Transplant | |||||||||
| Left Ventricular Assist Device | n | 2023 | 21.0% | 207 | 21.3% | 361 | 17.5% | 60 | 17.3% |
| Intra-aortic Balloon Pump | n | 470 | 4.9% | 52 | 5.4% | 158 | 7.7% | 32 | 9.2% |
| Intubated | n | 235 | 2.4% | 46 | 4.7% | 116 | 5.6% | 26 | 7.5% |
SR:SD=standard recipient paired with standard donor, SR:MD=standard recipient paired with marginal donor, HR:SD=high-risk recipient paired with standard donor, HR:MD=high risk recipient paired with marginal donor.