Impact of Donor-to-Recipient Weight Ratio on Survival After Heart Transplantation
Author(s) -
Nishant Patel,
Eric S. Weiss,
Lois U. Nwakanma,
Stuart D. Russell,
William A. Baumgartner,
Ashish S. Shah,
John V. Conte
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.107.756866
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , propensity score matching , heart transplantation , proportional hazards model , transplantation , confidence interval , vascular resistance , surgery , survival analysis , survival rate , cardiology , blood pressure
Generally accepted donor criteria for heart transplantation limit allografts from donors within approximately 20% to 30% of the recipient's weight. We analyzed the impact of donor-to-recipient weight ratio on survival after heart transplantation.
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