Table 4. Cause of death for 52 of 347 patients (15.0%) who died during the first year after heart transplant surgery by donor-recipient gender group.
| Cause of deatha | Group 1b (N = 273) |
Group 2b (N = 40) |
Group 3b (N = 34) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cytomegalovirus infection | 7 | 7 | ||
| Bacterial infection | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Fungal infection | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Protozoal infection | 1 | 1 | ||
| Acute rejection | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Cardiac allograft vasculopathy | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Right ventricular failure | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Respiratory failure | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Multi-organ failure | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Lymphoma | 3 | 3 | ||
| Cerebral hemorrhage | 2 | 2 | ||
| Stroke | 3 | 3 | ||
| Myocardial infarction | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pulmonary embolism | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pancreatitis | 1 | 1 | ||
| Intra-operative pump failure | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Intra-operative hemorrhage | 1 | 1 | ||
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| Number (%) of deaths | 38 (13.9) | 8 (20.0) | 6 (17.6) | 52 |
a
Source: autopsy report (25) or death certificate (12) or physician note on the chart (15).
b
Group 1: same gender donor-recipient; Group 2: female donor-male recipient; Group 3: male donor-female recipient.