Tailoring Liver Transplant Decisions: How Donor–Recipient Age Matching Influences Outcomes
This is the first national study to define recipient age-specific donor age thresholds associated with post-LT risk. These findings support the development of age-informed allocation strategies and call for a reassessment of organ discard practices as donor and recipient ages continue to rise.
Authors
- Stalin Dharmayan
- Vrishketan Sethi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5467-9811)
- Michele Molinari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9763-6253)
- Xingyu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8108-1997)
- Abiha Abdullah
- Francis J. Spitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0905-2683)
- Timothy Fokken
- Charbel Elias
- Christopher Kaltenmeier
- Han Shwe
- Jason Mial‐Anthony
- Berkay Demirors
- Hao Liu
Institutions
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Transplantation
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.70477
- Primary Topic
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00