Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesCohort study
Outcomes of Heart Transplant Donation After Circulatory Death
- Retrospective cohort study
- single-centre
- observational
Authors' conclusion
In the largest single-center comparison of DCD and DBD heart transplantations to date, outcomes among DCD recipients are noninferior to those of DBD recipients.
Study context
- Population
- Adults undergoing heart-only transplantation, single centre, January 2020 to January 2023
- Participants
- 385 adults
- Exposure
- DCD vs DBD heart transplantation
- DCDn = 122
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
1-year survival, severe primary graft dysfunction, treated rejection in first year, cardiac allograft vasculopathy at 1 year · 1 year
- No significant differences between DCD and DBD in 1-year survival, severe primary graft dysfunction, treated rejection during the first year or cardiac allograft vasculopathy at 1 year
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Outcomes of Heart Transplant Donation After Circulatory Death. J Am Coll Cardiol. Published 10 October 2023. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2023.08.006
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it