Interactions Between Donor and Recipient Age in Liver Transplantation: Implications for Donor and Recipient Matching
Donor age has a disproportionate impact on younger LT recipients, whereas older recipients tolerate older grafts with less impact on survival. These findings support more age-conscious organ allocation strategies and provide actionable thresholds to guide clinical decision-making in donor-recipient matching.
Authors
- Stalin Dharmayan
- Amaan Rahman
- Vrishketan Sethi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5467-9811)
- Sabin Subedi
- Michele Molinari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9763-6253)
- Xingyu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8108-1997)
- Jason Mial-Anthony
- Abiha Abdullah
- Charbel Elias
- Christopher Kaltenmeier
- Godwin Packaraj
- Hao Liu
Institutions
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transplantation
- Published
- 2026-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/tp.0000000000005632
- Primary Topic
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00