Prognostic Value of Ambulatory Status at Transplant in Older Heart Transplant Recipients: Implications for Organ Allocation Policy
Our results do not support use of age alone as an allocation criterion. Transplant candidate age in combination with some comorbidities such as non-ambulatory status may identify patients at a sufficiently elevated risk at which suitability of HTx should be reconsidered.
Authors
- Jin Joo Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9611-1490)
- Hae‐Young Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9521-4102)
- Jaewon Oh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4585-1488)
- Dong‐Ju Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0146-2189)
- Jae‐Joong Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2714-2282)
- Jin‐Oh Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2441-2267)
- Jin-Jin Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9054-2249)
- Mi‐Hyang Jung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0224-5178)
- Sung‐Ho Jung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3699-0312)
- Jon Kobashigawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9308-3172)
- Josef Stehlik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7362-0513)
- Seok‐Min Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9856-9227)
- Darae Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3284-0904)
- Jong‐Chan Youn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0998-503X)
- Jung Ae Hong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3991-7353)
- In‐Cheol Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5751-2328)
- Junho Hyun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4211-3081)
- Myoung Soo Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8975-8381)
- Hyun‐Jai Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2779-4037)
- Min‐Seok Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0860-3650)
- Sang Eun Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7290-2463)
Institutions
- Ulsan College (KR)
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
- Yonsei University (KR)
- University of Utah (US)
- Severance Hospital (KR)
- Asan Medical Center (KR)
- Samsung Medical Center (KR)
- Seoul National University Hospital (KR)
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (KR)
- University of Ulsan (KR)
- St. Mary's Hospital (US)
- Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute (US)
- Gangnam Severance Hospital (KR)
- Keimyung University (KR)
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Korean Medical Science
- Published
- 2024-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2025.40.e14
- Primary Topic
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea
- Korea National Institute of Health