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. 2021 Jan 19;37(Suppl 2):327–337. doi: 10.1007/s12055-020-01099-5

Table 2.

Number and percentage of LT patients with BTT and without BTT

Characteristic Year
2013 2018
Number of LT Percent of LT Number of LT Percent of LT
ECMO bridge to LT 61 3.2 79 3.1
MV bridge to LT 91 4.7 41 1.6
ECMO + MV bridge to LT 32 1.7 84 3.3
No bridge to LT 1732 90.4 2343 92
TOTAL 1916 100 2547 100

Data from OPTN/SRTR 2018 Annual Data Report [32]

OPTN Organ Procurement and Transplant network, SRTR Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, LT lung transplantation, BTT bridge to transplantation