Risk factors when considering heart transplants with donors aged 45 or above: Development of a Novel Mortality Risk Score using UNOS data
When considering heart transplants with donors aged ≥45, we should screen for ischemic time ≥4 hours, CMV-positive donor, donor cigarette use, and the following recipient factors: age >55, Black race, obesity, diabetes, pretransplant dialysis or mechanical ventilation, and prior cardiac surgery.
Authors
- Gabriel Loor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9380-761X)
- Todd K. Rosengart
- Kenneth K. Liao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2101-4925)
- Alexis E. Shafii
- Abbas Rana
- Andrew Civitello
- Anh Nguyen
Institutions
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JHLT Open
- Published
- 2026-01-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlto.2026.100497
- Primary Topic
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00