Data compiled over the past decade for patients on the heart, lung, and heart/lung waiting lists and for those receiving these thoracic organs were analyzed to assess the importance of patient demographics, risk factors, and primary cardiopulmonary disease on trends in waiting list time and mortality. Analysis also sought to identify the characteristics of thoracic transplant recipients and their associated post‐transplant outcomes. Unless otherwise noted, the statistics in this article come from reference tables in the 2002 OPTN/SRTR Annual Report.
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