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SUBMITTER: Jawitz OK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6800587 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jawitz Oliver K OK Raman Vignesh V Klapper Jacob J Hartwig Matthew M Patel Chetan B CB Milano Carmelo C
Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation 20190808 11
The association of donor and recipient age with survival following adult heart transplantation has not been well characterized. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the relationship between donor and recipient age on post-transplant survival. We retrospectively reviewed the 2005-2018 UNOS heart transplant database for all adult recipients undergoing first-time isolated heart transplantation. The impact of donor and recipient age on survival was analyzed with Cox proportional ha ...[more]