Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of human heart donors. Hearts rejected for transplantation.

Human Heart Donor	Age	Gender	BMI	Past Medical History	Cause of Death
#1	62	Male	32	Mitral valve prolapse s/p mitral valve repair, HTN	CVA
#2	60	Male	40	HTN, HLD, COPD, CAD, schizophrenia	Cardiac arrest
#3	67	Female	27	HTN, DM, Asthma, mitral valve prolapse	CVA
#4	46	Female	23	Drug abuse	CVA
#5	60	Female	21	HTN,COPD	CVA
#6	34	Female	30	Drug abuse, autoimmune hepatitis, sarcoidosis	CVA
#7	60	Male	47	HTN	Cardiac arrest
#8	69	Female	25	Mitral valve prolapse, endocarditis	CVA
#9	55	Male	34	HTN, HLD, COPD, CAD	CVA

Abbreviations: HTN, hypertension; HLD, hyperlipidemia; DM, diabetes mellitus; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CAD, coronary artery disease; CHF, chronic heart failure