Analysis reveals factors affecting waitlist mortality and transplant chances in heart transplant candidates, suggesting criteria improvements.
Background: Using the Japan Organ Transplant Network national waitlist, this study investigated confounding factors for waitlist mortality and transplant probability among adult heart transplant candidates, focusing on heart disease and change in status (from registration to observation on June 30, 2024), to provide insights into the use of underlying heart disease or severity in the current revision of the heart transplant allocation criteria.
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