Table 1. Patient demographics.

Failing Hearts (n = 20)
Age	Sex/Drug Therapy	Race	EF	Cause of Death
51±2	11F, 9M Acute -NE, DA, Other Chronic–“HTN meds”	19 W, 1 B	61 ± 2	14 CVA, 2 MVA,1 GSW, 1 Trauma, 1 Anoxia
Failing Hearts (n = 50)
Age	Sex/Drug Therapy	Race	EF	Diagnosis
54±1	17 F, 33M DIG, DOB, AMIO ACEI, BB	42 W, 8 B	15±1	50 DCM

Abbreviations: Non-Failing Hearts: F = female, M = male; W = white, B = black; EF = left ventricular ejection fraction measured prior to explant; CVA = cerebrovascular accident, MVA = motor vehicle accident, GSW = gunshot wound; Drug Therapy Acute = treatment in the emergency room or intensive care unit prior to brain death: NE = norepinephrine (n = 9), DA = dopamine (n = 12), OTHER = epinephrine, pitressin, phenylephrine, labetolol, lisinopril (n = 1 or 2); Drug Therapy Chronic = drugs taken by patients prior to admission, as reported by family members (n = 6).

Failing Hearts: F = female, M = male; W = white, B = black; EF = left ventricular ejection fraction measured prior to explant; DCM = dilated cardiomyopathy (pre-transplant diagnosis); Drug Therapy lists those drugs taken by over 25% of patients in the group, DIG = digoxin, DOB = dobutamine, AMIO = amiodarone, ACEI = angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (usually lisinopril), BB = beta adrenergic blocker (metoprolol or carvedilol).