Trends in US Heart Transplant Waitlist Activity and Volume During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Solid organ transplants have declined significantly during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the US. Limited data exist regarding changes in heart transplant (HT).

Objective

To describe national and regional trends in waitlist inactivations, waitlist additions, donor recovery, and HT volume during COVID-19.

Design, setting, and participants

This descriptive cross-sectional study used publicly available data from the United Network for Organ Sharing and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, using 8 prespecified United Network for Organ Sharing regions. Adult (18 years or older) HT candidates listed and deceased donors recovered between January 19 to May 9, 2020.

Exposures

COVID-19 pandemic.

Main outcomes and measures

Chang

SUBMITTER: DeFilippis EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7376479 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature