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Abstract: Introduction and objectives The present report updates the main characteristics and outcomes of heart transplants in Spain to 2020. Methods We describe the main features of recipients, donors, surgical procedure, and immunosuppression in 2020. We also analyze the temporal trends of these characteristics and outcomes (survival) for the period 2011 to 2019. Results In 2020, 278 heart transplants were performed (7.3% decrease vs 2019). The findings in 2020 confirmed previous observations of an increase in pretransplant sternotomy, a slight decrease in urgent transplants carried out with ventricular assist devices, a slight decrease in donor age, an increase in the use of allografts with previous arrest, and a decrease in ischemia time. Survival continued to improve in recent triennia, reaching 82.0% at 1 year in the period 2017 to 2019. Conclusions The slight decrease in the number of heart transplants performed in 2020 in Spain, most likely due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, did not change the main characteristics of the procedure. No change was observed in the tendency to improved survival.
Fuente: Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed) . 2021 Nov;74(11):962-970
Publisher: Doyma
Year of publication: 2021
No. of pages: 9
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rec.2021.08.001
ISSN: 0300-8932,1579-2242,1885-5857
Publication Url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rec.2021.08.001
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FRANCISCO JESUS GONZALEZ VILCHEZ
ALMENAR-BONET, LUIS
CRESPO-LEIRO, MARÍA G
GÓMEZ-BUENO, MANUEL
GONZÁLEZ-COSTELLO, JOSÉ
PÉREZ-VILLA, FÉLIX
DELGADO-JIMÉNEZ, JUAN F
ARIZÓN DEL PRADO, JOSÉ M
SOBRINO-MÁRQUEZ, JOSÉ M
VALERO-MASA, MARÍA JESÚS
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