HEART TRANSPLANTATION
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HEART TRANSPLANTATION
Adult Recipients
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Table of Contents
Donor and recipient characteristics: slides 3-24 Survival slides: slides 25-61 Immunosuppression: slides 62-80 Morbidity: slides 81-106 Multivariable analyses: slides 107-195 2013 focus theme: age: slides 196-237
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Diagnosis: slides 4-6 Recipient and donor characteristics: slides 7-24
Donor and Recipient Characteristics:
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Adult Heart TransplantsDiagnosis
Myopathy48%
Congenital2%
ReTX2%
CAD43%
Misc.0%
Valvular4%
1/1982 – 6/2012
Myopathy54%
Congenital3%
ReTX3%
CAD37% Misc.
1%
Valvular3%
1/2006 – 6/2012
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Adult Heart Transplants Diagnosis: Cardiomyopathy vs. CAD by Location
203040506070
Myopathy CAD
% o
f rec
ipie
nts
All Locations
203040506070
Myopathy CAD
% o
f rec
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nts
Europe
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Myopathy CAD
% o
f rec
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nts
North America
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Adult Heart TransplantsDiagnosis by Location
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
Myopathy57%
Congenital3%
ReTX1%
CAD34% Misc.
0%Valvular
4%
Europe
Myopathy52%
Congenital3%
ReTX3%
CAD39% Misc.
1%Valvular
2%
North America
Myopathy60%
Congenital2%
ReTX1%
CAD30%
Misc.6%
Valvular2%
Other
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Adult Heart TransplantsDonor and Recipient Characteristics
1992-2000(N = 37,146)
2001-2005(N = 17,183)
2006-6/2012(N = 22,318) p-value
Recipient age (years) 54.0 (28.0 - 65.0) 54.0 (26.0 - 66.0) 54.0 (24.0 - 67.0) <0.0001
Donor age (years) 31.0 (15.0 - 54.0) 33.0 (16.0 - 55.0) 34.0 (17.0 - 56.0) <0.0001
Donor and recipient age difference (years) -19.0 (-44.0 - 7.0) -17.0 (-43.0 - 10.0) -16.0 (-43.0 - 12.0) <0.0001
Recipient weight (kg) 75.0 (51.0 - 102.0) 77.6 (53.0 - 106.6) 79.4 (53.1 - 110.0) <0.0001
Recipient height (cm) 173.0 (157.0 - 188.0) 174.0 (157.5 - 188.0) 175.0 (157.4 - 188.0) 0.0042
Recipient BMI 22.7 (19.5 - 31.7) 24.2 (19.6 - 33.1) 24.4 (19.6 - 34.3) <0.0001
Donor weight (kg) 75.0 (52.0 - 103.3)1 76.8 (55.0 - 108.8) 79.4 (56.7 - 113.0) <0.0001
Donor height (cm) 175.0 (155.0 - 188.0)1 175.3 (158.0 - 189.0) 175.0 (158.0 - 190.0) <0.0001
Donor BMI 24.2 (18.8 - 32.9)1 24.8 (19.5 - 34.4) 25.5 (19.9 - 36.4) <0.0001
Continuous factors are expressed as median (5th-95th percentiles)
1 Based on 4/1994-2000 transplants.
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Adult Heart TransplantsDonor and Recipient Characteristics
1992-2000(N = 37,146)
2001-2005(N = 17,183)
2006-6/2012(N = 22,318) p-value
Recipient/donor gender (% male) 80.7%/ 68.4% 77.9%/ 69.1% 75.9%/ 69.2% <0.0001/ 0.1103
Male recipient/ female donor 21.3% 18.5% 16.7% <0.0001
Female recipient/ male donor 9.2% 9.7% 9.9% 0.0055
Recipient/donor diabetes mellitus 13.1%*/ 1.6%1 19.8%/ 2.0% 25.3%/ 3.0% <0.0001/ <0.0001
Recipient prior history of dialysis 3.0%1 4.3% 4.2% <0.0001
Recipient amiodarone use (US only) 21.7%1 29.0% 30.5% <0.0001
Recipient/donor cigarette history -/ 38.0%1 46.6%2/ 29.1% 46.4%/ 18.6% 0.8536/ <0.0001
Recipient/donor hypertension 34.5%1/ 10.8%1 38.1%/ 11.4% 45.3%/ 13.8% <0.0001/ <0.0001
Recipient prior cardiac surgery - 39.1%2 46.4% <0.0001
Recipient Peripheral Vascular Disease 3.8%1 3.2% 2.9% 0.0002
Recipient previous malignancy 3.3%1 4.5% 6.6% <0.0001
Recipient COPD 3.2%1 3.2% 4.3% <0.0001
Ischemic time (hours) 2.9 (1.3 - 4.8) 3.1 (1.5 - 5.0) 3.3 (1.6 - 5.1) <0.0001
Continuous factors are expressed as median (5th-95th percentiles) 1 Based on 4/1994-2000 transplants.2 Based on 7/2004-2005 transplants.
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Adult Heart TransplantsDonor and Recipient Characteristics
1992-2000(N = 37,146)
2001-2005(N = 17,183)
2006-6/2012(N = 22,318) p-value
Most recent PRA > 10%1
Overall 7.7% 8.9%2 13.8%3 <0.0001
Class I - - 14.4%4 -
Class II - - 9.6%4 -
Creatinine at time of transplant (mg/dL) 1.2 (0.7 - 2.5) 1.2 (0.7 - 2.4) 1.2 (0.7 - 2.3) <0.0001
Pulmonary vascular resistance (Wood units) 2.2 (0.4 - 6.1)5 2.0 (0.3 - 5.6) 2.1 (0.3 - 5.5) <0.0001
HLA Mismatches 4.3% 4.4% 3.8%
0-2 40.2% 40.1% 38.4%
0.0003 3-4 55.5% 55.5% 57.8%
5-6 7.7% 8.9% 13.8%
Continuous factors are expressed as median (5th-95th percentiles)
2 Based on US 2001-6/2004 transplants and non US 2001 - 2005 transplants.3 Based on non US transplants.4 Based on US transplants.5 Based on 4/1994-2000 transplants.
1 PRA was collected as a single percentage outside of US. Until mid-2004 PRA was collected in US as a single percentage. After this date, PRA was collected separately for Class I and Class II.
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Adult Heart TransplantsDonor and Recipient Characteristics
1992-2000(N = 37,146)
2001-2005(N = 17,183)
2006-6/2012(N = 22,318) p-value
Diagnosis
Cardiomyopathy 46.2% 48.2% 54.0%
<0.0001
Coronary artery disease 45.8% 42.7% 36.8%
Valvular 3.9% 3.5% 2.8%
Retransplant 1.9% 2.2% 2.5%
Congenital 1.8% 2.7% 2.9%
Other causes 0.4% 0.6% 0.9%
Donor cause of death
Head trauma 45.9% 54.6% 45.8%
<0.0001 Stroke 29.0% 32.9% 24.4%
Other 25.0% 12.5% 29.8%
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Adult Heart TransplantsDonor and Recipient Characteristics
1992-2000(N = 37,146)
2001-2005(N = 17,183)
2006-6/2012(N = 22,318) p-value
Pre-operative support (multiple items may be reported)
Hospitalized at time of transplant 60.8% 47.9% 44.3% <0.0001
On IV inotropes 55.7%1 47.2% 42.4% <0.0001
LVAD 12.1%2 17.0% 28.5% <0.0001
IABP 6.4% 6.7% 6.1% 0.1650
RVAD - 5.0%3 3.7% 0.0055
Ventilator 3.3% 3.2% 2.7% 0.0092
TAH 0.1%2 0.1% 1.0% <0.0001
ECMO 0.3%4 0.5% 1.1% <0.0001
1 Based on 4/1994-2000 transplants.2 Based on 11/1999-2000 transplants.3 Based on 2005 transplants.4 Based on 5/1995-2000 transplants.
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Adult Heart TransplantsRecipient Gender By Location
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
Europe North America Other0
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40
50
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90Male Female
% o
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nspl
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N = 6,382
N = 1,989
N = 9,616
N = 3,104
N = 952
N = 275
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Adult Heart TransplantsDonor Gender By Location
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
Europe North America Other0
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20
30
40
50
60
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80Male Female
% o
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ants
N = 5,343
N = 2,970
N = 9,137
N = 3,583
N = 910
N = 308
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Adult Heart Transplants PRA Distribution
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
0 1-9 10-39 40-79 80+0
10
20
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50
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PRA
% o
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If Class I and Class II values were reported separately, the higher of the two values was used.
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Adult Heart Transplants % of Patients Bridged with Mechanical Circulatory Support*
(Transplants: January 2000 – December 2011)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110
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% o
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* LVAD, RVAD, TAH. ECMO is excluded.
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Adult Heart Transplants % of Patients Bridged with Mechanical Circulatory Support*
by Year and Device Type
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110
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20
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40
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TAHLVAD+RVADRVADLVAD
Year
% o
f pat
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* LVAD, RVAD, TAH. ECMO is excluded.
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Adult Heart Transplants Number and % of Combined Organ Transplants Reported
By Year and Type of Transplant
1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 20100
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80
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120
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
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3.5
4.0
Heart-Kidney Heart-LiverHeart-Kidney-Liver Heart-Kidney-PancreasOther Combined Organ Transplants Combined as % of total
Num
ber o
f tra
nspl
ants
% o
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nspl
ants
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Adult Heart TransplantsRecipient BMI Distribution By Location
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
Europe North America Other0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
<18.5 18.5-<25 25-<30 30-<35 35+
% o
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Adult Heart TransplantsRecipient BMI Distribution By Diagnosis
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
Cardiomyopathy Coronary Artery Disease0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
<18.5 18.5-<25 25-<30 30-<35 35+
% o
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Adult Heart TransplantsRecipient Diabetes Mellitus Distribution By Location
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
Europe North America Other0
5
10
15
20
25
30
% o
f Tra
nspl
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Adult Heart TransplantsRecipient Diabetes Mellitus Distribution By Diagnosis
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
Cardiomyopathy Coronary Artery Disease0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
% o
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Adult Heart TransplantsRecipient Cigarette History By Location
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
Europe North America Other0
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20
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40
50
60
% o
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nspl
ants
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Adult Heart TransplantsRecipient Cigarette and COPD History By Diagnosis
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
Cardiomyopathy Coronary Artery Disease All Diagnoses0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
COPD Cigarette history
% o
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Adult Heart Transplants Ischemic time Distribution By Location
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
Europe North America Other0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
< 2 hours 2-<4 hours 4-<6 hours 6+ hours
% o
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Survival Analyses: by era: slides 26-27 and 37-41 by gender: slides 28-31 by diagnosis: slides 32-41 by PVR: slides 42-45 by BMI: slide 46 by comorbidities: slides 47-49 by VAD usage: slides 50-53 by re-transplant: slide 54 by employment status at 1 year post transplant: slide 55 by age: see slides 210-217 in the age theme section by immunosuppression: see slides 66, 72 and 79 in the
immunosuppression section Cause of death: slides 56-61
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Era
(Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
100
1982-1991 (N = 21,342)1992-2001 (N = 38,966)2002-2005 (N = 13,496)2006-6/2011 (N = 18,896)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Median survival (years): 1982-1991=8.4; 1992-2001=10.7; 2002-2005=NA; 2006-6/2011=NA
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.0001 except 2002-2005 vs. 2006-6/2011 (p = 0.9749)
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Era Conditional on Survival to 1
Year (Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
1001982-1991 (N = 15,960)1992-2001 (N = 30,545)2002-2005 (N = 10,845)2006-6/2011 (N = 13,923)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Median survival (years): 1982-1991=11.7; 1992-2001=13.5; 2002-2005=NA; 2006-6/2011=NA
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.001 except 1992-2001 vs. 2006-6/2011 (p=0.9440) and 2002-2005 vs. 2006-6/2011 (p=0.0569)
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Recipient Gender
(Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 200
20
40
60
80
100
Male (N = 74,179)
Female (N = 18,494)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Median survival (years): male = 10.2; female = 11.0
p < 0.0001
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Recipient Gender Conditional on
Survival to 1 Year (Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 200
20
40
60
80
100
Male (N = 56,955)
Female (N = 14,123)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Median survival (years): male = 12.9; female = 14.0
p < 0.0001
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Donor/Recipient Gender
(Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 200
20
40
60
80
100
Male/Male (N = 49,836)Male/Female (N = 16,151)Female/Male (N = 7,840)Female/Female (N = 9,247)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Median survival: male/male=10.9; male/female=9.5; female/male=11.0; female/female=11.2
All pair-wise comparisons with male/female were significant at p < 0.0001. No other pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Donor/Recipient Gender
Conditional on Survival to 1 Year(Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 200
20
40
60
80
100
Male/Male (N = 39,277)Male/Female (N = 11,886)Female/Male (N = 6,123)Female/Female (N = 7,017)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Median survival: male/male=13.2; male/female=12.6; female/male=13.8; female/female=14.3
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05 except male/male vs. female/male and female/male vs. female/female
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Diagnosis
(Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 200
20
40
60
80
100 Cardiomyopathy (N=42,175) Coronary artery disease (N=38,845)Congenital diagnosis (N=1,853) Retransplant (N=1,895)Valvular (N=3,325)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.01 except cardiomyopathy vs. congenital (p=0.9113).
Median survival (years): Cardiomyopathy= 11.6; CAD=9.4; Congenital=14.4; Retransplant=6.3; Valvular=10.9
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Diagnosis Conditional on Survival
to 1 Year (Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 200
20
40
60
80
100
Cardiomyopathy (N=33,030) Coronary artery disease (N=30,120)Congenital diagnosis (N=1,327) Retransplant (N=1,248)Valvular (N=2,430)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.0001 except cardiomyopathy vs. valvular (p = 0.9665) and CAD vs. retransplant (p = 0.0659)
Median survival (years): Cardiomyopathy=14.2; CAD=11.9; Congenital=21.2; Retransplant=10.8; Valvular=14.6
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival Within 1 Year by Diagnosis
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1250
60
70
80
90
100
Cardiomyopathy (N=9,754) Coronary artery disease (N=6,825)
Congenital diagnosis (N=533) Retransplant (N=463)
Valvular (N=540)
Months
Surv
ival
(%)
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05 except cardiomyopathy vs. CAD, congenital vs. retransplant, congenital vs. valvular, retransplant vs. valvular
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Diagnosis
(Transplants: January 2003 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 850
60
70
80
90
100 Cardiomyopathy (N=14,578) Coronary artery disease (N=10,821)Congenital diagnosis (N=794) Retransplant (N=693)Valvular (N=887)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
All pair-wise comparisons with cardiomyopathy are significant at p < 0.02. No other pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05.
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Diagnosis Conditional on Survival
to 1 Year (Transplants: January 2003 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 850
60
70
80
90
100
Cardiomyopathy (N=11,168) Coronary artery disease (N=8,319)Congenital diagnosis (N=563) Retransplant (N=506)Valvular (N=626)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
No pair-wise comparisons are significant at p < 0.05 except cardiomyopathy vs. CAD, CAD vs. congenital and congenital vs. retransplant
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Era (Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
Diagnosis: Cardiomyopathy
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
100
1982-1991 (N = 9,012)1992-2001 (N = 17,039)2002-2005 (N = 6,370)2006-6/2011 (N = 9,754)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Median survival (years): 1982-1991=9.5; 1992-2001=11.9; 2002-2005=NA; 2006-6/2011=NA
All comparisons were significant at p < 0.0001 except 2002-2005 vs. 2006-6/2011 (p=0.9689)
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Era (Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
Diagnosis: Coronary Artery Disease
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
100
1982-1991 (N = 9,230)1992-2001 (N = 17,271)2002-2005 (N = 5,519)2006-6/2011 (N = 6,825)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Median survival (years): 1982-1991=8.0; 1992-2001=9.7; 2002-2005=NA; 2006-6/2011= NA
All comparisons were significant at p < 0.0001 except 2002-2005 vs. 2006-6/2011
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Era (Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
Diagnosis: Congenital
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
100
1982-1991 (N = 252)1992-2001 (N = 712)2002-2005 (N = 356)2006-6/2011 (N = 533)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Median survival (years): 1982-1991=14.6; 1992-2001=13.1; 2002-2005=NA; 2006-6/2011=NA
No pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Era (Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
Diagnosis: Retransplant
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
100
1982-1991 (N = 400)1992-2001 (N = 730)2002-2005 (N = 302)2006-6/2011 (N = 463)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Median survival (years): 1982-1991=1.9; 1992-2001=5.8; 2002-2005=NA; 2006-6/2011=NA
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.01 except 2002-2005 vs. 2006-6/2011 (p=0.7527)
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Era (Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
Diagnosis: Valvular
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
100
1982-1991 (N = 900)1992-2001 (N = 1,421)2002-2005 (N = 464)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Median survival (years): 1982-1991=9.0; 1992-2001=11.7; 2002-2005=NA; 2006-6/2011=NA
No pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05 except 1982-1991 vs. 1992-2001 (p = 0.0197)
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by PVR
(Transplants: January 2003 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 750
60
70
80
90
100
1-<3 Wood units (N = 8,495) 3-<5 Wood units (N = 2,758)5+ Wood units (N = 889)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
1-<3 vs. 3-<5: p = 0.0006No other pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Donor/Recipient Weight Ratio
(Transplants: January 2003 – June 2011)For recipients with PVR: 1–<3 wood units
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 750
60
70
80
90
100
<0.8 Weight ratio (N=1,217) 0.8-<0.9 Weight ratio (N=1,695)0.9-<1.1 Weight ratio (N=3,175) 1.1-<1.2 Weight ratio (N=940)1.2+ Weight ratio (N=1,468)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
No pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Donor/Recipient Weight Ratio
(Transplants: January 2003 – June 2011)For recipients with PVR: 3–<5 wood units
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 750
60
70
80
90
100
<0.8 Weight ratio (N=274) 0.8-<0.9 Weight ratio (N=461)0.9-<1.1 Weight ratio (N=1,030) 1.1-<1.2 Weight ratio (N=370)1.2+ Weight ratio (N=623)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
No pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Donor/Recipient Weight Ratio
(Transplants: January 2003 – June 2011)For recipients with PVR: 5+ wood units
0 1 2 3 4 5 650
60
70
80
90
100
<0.8 Weight ratio (N=99) 0.8-<0.9 Weight ratio (N=132)0.9-<1.1 Weight ratio (N=301) 1.1-<1.2 Weight ratio (N=121)1.2+ Weight ratio (N=236)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
No pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by BMI Group
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 550
60
70
80
90
100
<18.5 (N=422) 18.5-<25 (N=9,955) 25-<30 (N=5,398)
30-<35 (N=2,510) 35+ (N=611)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
No pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05 except 18.5<25 vs. 25-<30 (p < 0.0001)
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Recipient Diabetes Mellitus
(Transplants: January 2003 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 850
60
70
80
90
100
Diabetes (N=4,155) No diabetes (N=13,537)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
p < 0.0001
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Recipient Cigarette History
(Transplants: July 2004 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 750
60
70
80
90
100
Cigarette history (N = 6,393) No cigarette history (N = 7,332)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
p = 0.2024
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Recipient COPD History
(Transplants: January 2003 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 850
60
70
80
90
100
COPD (N = 576) No COPD (N = 14,565)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
p = 0.7302
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by VAD usage
(Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1430
40
50
60
70
80
90
100 Pulsatile flow (N=3,738) Continuous flow (N=2,139)
No LVAD / No Inotropes (N=13,352) No LVAD / Inotropes (N=15,365)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Pulsatile vs. Continuous: p=0.0127Pulsatile vs. No LVAD/No Inotropes: p = 0.0032No other pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by VAD usage
(Transplants: January 2003 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 750
60
70
80
90
100Pulsatile flow (N=2,201) Continuous flow (N=2,114)
No LVAD / No Inotropes (N=6,413) No LVAD / Inotropes (N=6,233)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Pulsatile vs. No LVAD/No Inotropes: p = 0.0077Pulsatile vs. No LVAD/Inotropes: p = 0.0061Continuous vs. No LVAD/Inotropes: p = 0.0229No other pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by VAD usage Conditional on Survival
to 6 Months (Transplants: January 1999 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1050
60
70
80
90
100
Pulsatile flow (N=2,953) Continuous flow (N=1,896)
No LVAD / No Inotropes (N=8,217) No LVAD / Inotropes (N=8,805)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Continuous vs. No LVAD/No Inotropes: p = 0.0297No other pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by VAD usage
(Transplants: January 2005 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 650
60
70
80
90
100 LVAD Pulsatile (N=1,064) LVAD Continuous (N=1,967)LVAD+RVAD Pulsatile (N=408) No LVAD, No Inotropes (N=5,058)No LVAD, Inotropes (N=4,658)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
All pair-wise comparisons with LVAD+RVAD Pulsatile were significant at p < 0.05 except LVAD Pulsatile vs. LVAD+RVAD PulsatileNo other pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05.
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Adult Heart Re-Transplants 1 Year Survival
0-12 months >12-36 months >36-60 months >60 months Primary transplant
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
1001/1982-12/1992
1/1993-12/2002
1/2003-6/2011
1 Ye
ar P
atie
nt S
urvi
val (
%)
315
205
98
98 85 56
61 89 72 56 400
491
24,6
32
37,4
53
28,0
49
Time between previous and current transplant
Comparison of survival for interval ≤ 12 months vs. > 12 months: p < 0.0001Comparison of survival for interval ≤ 12 months vs. > 12 months for 1/2003-6/2011: p < 0.0001
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Employment Status at 1 Year
Conditional on Survival to 1 Year(1 Year Follow-ups: January 2000 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 110
20
40
60
80
100
Working (N=4,418) Not Working (N=9,946)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
p < 0.0001
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Adult Heart TransplantsCause of Death (Deaths: January 1994 – June 2012)
CAUSE OF DEATH 0-30 Days (N = 5,297)
31 Days – 1 Year
(N = 4,547)
>1 Year – 3 Years
(N = 3,307)
>3 Years – 5 Years
(N = 2,890)
>5 Years –10 Years
(N = 7,315)
>10 Years – 15 Years (N = 4,774)
>15 Years (N = 3,436)
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy 77 (1.5%) 172 (3.8%) 413 (12.5%) 406 (14.0%) 1,020 (13.9%) 675 (14.1%) 299 (12.3%)
Acute Rejection 251 (4.7%) 442 (9.7%) 334 (10.1%) 140 (4.8%) 139 (1.9%) 47 (1.0%) 17 (0.7%)
Lymphoma 3 (0.1%) 56 (1.2%) 78 (2.4%) 98 (3.4%) 275 (3.8%) 149 (3.1%) 69 (2.8%)
Malignancy, Other 4 (0.1%) 111 (2.4%) 408 (12.3%) 563 (19.5%) 1,542 (21.1%) 1,002 (21.0%) 459 (18.8%)
CMV 3 (0.1%) 51 (1.1%) 15 (0.5%) 6 (0.2%) 6 (0.1%) 3 (0.1%) 0
Infection, Non-CMV 690 (13.0%) 1,402 (30.8%) 412 (12.5%) 283 (9.8%) 781 (10.7%) 497 (10.4%) 277 (11.4%)
Graft Failure 2,063 (38.9%) 780 (17.2%) 845 (25.6%) 641 (22.2%) 1,323 (18.1%) 796 (16.7%) 405 (16.6%)
Technical 382 (7.2%) 72 (1.6%) 23 (0.7%) 25 (0.9%) 90 (1.2%) 61 (1.3%) 31 (1.3%)
Other 304 (5.7%) 319 (7.0%) 268 (8.1%) 227 (7.9%) 577 (7.9%) 326 (6.8%) 197 (8.1%)
Multiple Organ Failure 938 (17.7%) 688 (15.1%) 198 (6.0%) 179 (6.2%) 505 (6.9%) 385 (8.1%) 230 (9.4%)
Renal Failure 29 (0.5%) 45 (1.0%) 48 (1.5%) 91 (3.1%) 414 (5.7%) 396 (8.3%) 221 (9.1%)
Pulmonary 160 (3.0%) 176 (3.9%) 134 (4.1%) 130 (4.5%) 313 (4.3%) 195 (4.1%) 108 (4.4%)
Cerebrovascular 393 (7.4%) 233 (5.1%) 131 (4.0%) 101 (3.5%) 330 (4.5%) 242 (5.1%) 123 (5.0%)
Total N of Deaths 5,985 5,147 3,955 3,528 9,025 6,139 3,186
Percentages represent % of deaths in the respective time period. Total number of deaths includes deaths with unknown causes.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart Transplants Cause of Death from Leading Causes by Time since
Transplant and Era (Deaths: January 1994 – June 2012)
0-30 Days (N=2,830)
31 Days - 1 Year
(N=2,327)
>1 Year - 3 Years
(N=1,740)
>3 Years - 5 Years (N=1,490)
>5 Years - 10
Years (N=3,397)
>10 Years
(N=1,142)
0-30 Days (N=2,467)
31 Days - 1 Year
(N=2,220)
>1 Year - 3 Years
(N=1,567)
>3 Years - 5 Years (N=1,400)
>5 Years - 10
Years (N=3,918)
>10 Years
(N=6,068)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
2 515 18 18 20
1 310 10 11 125
11
9 4 2 1
48
11 5 2 1
4117
2419
18 1436
17
2725
19 17
1
1
13
6 8 0
1
23
6 9
1433
128 9 9 12
29
1311
12 11
04 17
25 26 24
03
1220
24 23
CAV Acute Rejection Graft Failure Renal FailureInfection (Non-CMV) Malignancy
% o
f Dea
ths
Deaths 1994 – 2001 Deaths 2002 – 6/2012
Since only leading causes of death are shown, sum of percentages for each time period is less than 100%
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Adult Heart Transplants Relative Incidence of Leading Causes of Death
(Deaths: January 1994 – June 2012)
0-30 Days (N=5,297)
31 Days – 1 Year
(N=4,547)
>1 Year – 3 Years
(N=3,307)
>3 Years – 5 Years
(N=2,890)
>5 Years – 10 Years
(N=7,315)
>10 – 15 Years
(N=4,774)
>15 Years (N=2,436)
0
10
20
30
40
50CAV Acute RejectionMalignancy (non-Lymph/PTLD) Infection (non-CMV)Graft Failure Multiple Organ FailureRenal Failure
% o
f Dea
ths
Since only leading causes of death are shown, sum of percentages for each time period is less than 100%
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Adult Heart TransplantsCumulative Incidence of Leading Causes of Death
(Transplants: January 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15-2%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%CAV Acute RejectionMalignancy (non-Lymph/PTLD) Graft FailureInfection
Years
Inci
denc
e of
Cau
se-S
peci
fic
Dea
ths
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Adult Heart Transplants Relative Incidence of Leading Causes of Death
(Deaths: January 2006 – June 2012)
0-30 Days (N=1,427)
31 Days – 1 Year
(N=1,380)
>1 Year – 3 Years
(N=962)
>3 Years – 5 Years
(N=773)
>5 Years – 10 Years
(N=2,148)
>10 – 15 Years
(N=2,232)
>15 Years (N=1,857)
0
10
20
30
40
50CAV Acute RejectionMalignancy (non-Lymph/PTLD) Infection (non-CMV)Graft Failure Multiple Organ FailureRenal Failure
% o
f Dea
ths
Since only leading causes of death are shown, sum of percentages for each time period is less than 100%
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Adult Heart Transplants Cumulative Incidence of Leading Causes of Death
(Transplants: January 2005 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
-2%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%CAV Acute RejectionMalignancy (non-Lymph/PTLD) Graft FailureInfection
Years
Inci
denc
e of
Cau
se-S
peci
fic
Dea
ths
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Induction: slides 63-66 and 75-76 Maintenance: slides 67-72 and 77-78 Rejection: slides 73-80
Immunosuppression:
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Adult Heart TransplantsInduction Immunosuppression
(Transplants: January 2005 – June 2012)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
% o
f pat
ient
s
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the discharge
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Adult Heart TransplantsInduction Immunosuppression by Location
(Transplants: January 2005 – June 2012)
Any Induction IL-2R Antagonist Polyclonal ALG/ATG0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Europe North America
% o
f pat
ient
s
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the discharge
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Adult Heart TransplantsInduction Immunosuppression
(Transplants: 2002, 2007 and 1/2012–6/2012)
Any Induction IL-2R Antag-onist
Polyclonal ALG/ATG
OKT3 Alemtuzumab0
10
20
30
40
50
60
2002 2007 1/2012-6/2012
% o
f pat
ient
s
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the discharge
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Induction Type
Conditional on Survival to 14 Days(Transplants: January 2001 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 950
60
70
80
90
100
No induction (N = 10,021) Polyclonal induction (N = 4,533)IL-2R antagonist (N = 5,041) OKT3 (N = 494)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
No induction vs. IL-2R: p = 0.0031Polyclonal vs. IL-2R: p = 0.0303No other pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05
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Adult Heart TransplantsMaintenance Immunosuppression at Time of Follow-up
(Follow-ups: January 2008 – June 2012)
Cyclosporine Tacrolimus Sirolimus/ Everolimus
MMF/MPA Azathioprine Prednisone0
20
40
60
80
100
Year 1 (N = 7,804) Year 5 (N = 4,821)
% o
f pat
ient
s
NOTE: Different patients are analyzed in Year 1 and Year 5
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up
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Adult Heart Transplants Maintenance Immunosuppression at Time of 1 Year
Follow-up by Year
Cy-closporine
Tacrolimus Sirolimus/ Everolimus
MMF/MPA Azathioprine Prednisone0
20
40
60
80
100 2000 (N = 1,563) 2005 (N = 2,808) 1/2012-6/2012 (N = 1,477)
% o
f pat
ient
s
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up
NOTE: Different patients are analyzed in each time frame
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Adult Heart Transplants Maintenance Immunosuppression Drug Combinations at
Time of Follow-up (Follow-ups: January 2006 – June 2012)
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Year 1 (N = 11,102)
Year 5 (N = 7,264)
None
Other
Sirolimus/Everolimus +calcineurin+cellcycle
Tacrolimus Alone
Cyclosporine Alone
Sirolimus/Everolimus + cellcycle
Sirolimus/Everolimus + calcineurin
Tacrolimus + MMF/MPA
Tacrolimus + AZA
Cyclosporine + MMF/MPA
Cyclosporine + AZA
% o
f Pat
ient
s
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up
NOTE: Different patients are analyzed in Year 1 and Year 5
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Adult Heart Transplants Maintenance Immunosuppression Drug Combinations at
Time of Follow-up (Follow-ups: January 2001 – June 2012) For the Same Patients at Year 1 and 5
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Year 1 (N = 8,395)
Year 5 (N = 8,395)
None
Other
Sirolimus/Everolimus +calcineurin+cellcycle
Tacrolimus Alone
Cyclosporine Alone
Sirolimus/Everolimus + cellcycle
Sirolimus/Everolimus + calcineurin
Tacrolimus + MMF/MPA
Tacrolimus + AZA
Cyclosporine + MMF/MPA
Cyclosporine + AZA
% o
f Pat
ient
s
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up
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Adult Heart Transplants Maintenance Immunosuppression Drug Combinations at Time
of Follow-up by Location (Follow-ups: January 2006 – June 2012)
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%None
Other
Sirolimus/Everolimus +calcineurin+cellcycle
Tacrolimus Alone
Cyclosporine Alone
Sirolimus/Everolimus + cellcycle
Sirolimus/Everolimus + calcineurin
Tacrolimus + MMF/MPA
Tacrolimus + AZA
Cyclosporine + MMF/MPA
Cyclosporine + AZA
% o
f Pat
ient
s
Europe EuropeNorth America
North America
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up
NOTE: Different patients are analyzed in Year 1 and Year 5Year 1 Year 5
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Maintenance Immunosuppression
at 1 year (Transplants: January 2001 – June 2011) Conditional on Survival to 1 Year
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 950
60
70
80
90
100
Cyclosporine + MMF/MPA (N = 4,428)
Tacrolimus + MMF/MPA (N = 8,646)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
p = 0.1388
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Adult Heart Transplants % of Recipients Experiencing Treated Rejection Between
Transplant Discharge and 1-Year Follow-Up by Year
Treated rejection = Recipient was reported to (1) have at least one acute rejection episode that was treated with an anti-rejection agent; or (2) have been hospitalized for rejection.
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100
10
20
30
40
50
60
% o
f pat
ient
s
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up
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Adult Heart Transplants % of Recipients Experiencing Any Rejection Between Transplant Discharge and 1-Year Follow-Up by Year
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100
10
20
30
40
50
60
% o
f pat
ient
s
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up
Any rejection = Recipient was reported to (1) have at least one acute rejection episode; or (2) have been hospitalized for rejection.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart Transplants % of Recipients Experiencing Treated Rejection between
Transplant Discharge and 1-Year Follow-Up by Type of Induction(Follow-ups: January 2005 – June 2012)
Overall Female Male0
10
20
30
40
50No induction (N=6,145) Polyclonal (N=2,530)IL-2R antagonist (N=3,563) OKT3 (N=168)
No induction vs. IL-2R (Overall and Male), no induction vs. OKT3 (Overall and Male) and Polyclonal vs. OKT3 (Overall) were significant at p < 0.05. No other pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05.
% e
xper
ienc
ing
treat
ed re
ject
ion
with
in 1
yea
r
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up Treated rejection = Recipient was reported to (1)
have at least one acute rejection episode that was treated with an anti-rejection agent; or (2) have been hospitalized for rejection.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart Transplants % of Recipients Experiencing Any Rejection between Transplant
Discharge and 1-Year Follow-Up by Type of Induction(Follow-ups: January 2005 – June 2012)
Overall Female Male0
10
20
30
40
50No induction (N=6,145) Polyclonal (N=2,530)IL-2R antagonist (N=3,563) OKT3 (N=168)
No induction vs. IL-2R (Overall, Female and Male), no induction vs. OKT3 (Overall) and Polyclonal vs. IL-2R (Overall and Male) were significant at p < 0.05. No other pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05.
% e
xper
ienc
ing
reje
ctio
n w
ithin
1
year
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up
Any rejection = Recipient was reported to (1) have at least one acute rejection episode; or (2) have been hospitalized for rejection.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart Transplants % of Recipients Experiencing Treated Rejection between
Transplant Discharge and 1-Year Follow-Up by Maintenance Immunosuppression (Follow-ups: January 2005 – June 2012)
Overall Female Male0
10
20
30
40
50
Cyclosporine + MMF/MPA (N=3,115) Tacrolimus + MMF/MPA (N=7,999)
All pair-wise comparisons between maintenance immunosuppression groups were significant at p < 0.05
% e
xper
ienc
ing
treat
ed re
ject
ion
with
in 1
yea
r
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up Treated rejection = Recipient was reported to (1)
have at least one acute rejection episode that was treated with an anti-rejection agent; or (2) have been hospitalized for rejection.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart Transplants % of Recipients Experiencing Any Rejection between Transplant
Discharge and 1-Year Follow-Up by Maintenance Immunosuppression (Follow-ups: January 2005 – June 2012)
Overall Female Male0
10
20
30
40
50
Cyclosporine + MMF/MPA (N=3,115) Tacrolimus + MMF/MPA (N=7,999)
All pair-wise comparisons between maintenance immunosuppression groups were significant at p < 0.05
% e
xper
ienc
ing
reje
ctio
n w
ithin
1
year
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up
Any rejection = Recipient was reported to (1) have at least one acute rejection episode; or (2) have been hospitalized for rejection.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Treatment for Rejection Within 1st
Year (1 Year Follow-ups: January 2005 – June 2011) Conditional on survival to 1 year
0 1 2 3 4 5 650
60
70
80
90
100
No Rejection (N=6,396) Untreated Rejection (N=1,232)
Treated Rejection (N=2,420)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.0001 except No rejection vs. Untreated rejection (p = 0.8528)
Treated rejection = Recipient was reported to (1) have at least one acute rejection episode that was treated with an anti-rejection agent; or (2) have been hospitalized for rejection.No rejection = Recipient had (i) no acute rejection episodes and (ii) was reported either as not hospitalized for rejection or did not receive anti-rejection agents.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Hospitalization for Rejection by Era
(Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 40
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
4/1994-1999 (N = 4,109) 2000-2004 (N = 3,647)
2005-6/2011 (N = 4,742)
Years
% F
reed
om fr
om h
ospi
taliz
atio
n fo
r re
ject
ion
All pair-wise comparisons were statistically significant at p < 0.0001
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Functional status: slide 82 Employment: slides 83-84 Hospitalization: slide 85 CAV: slides 86-93 Renal dysfunction: slides 86-88 and 94-96 Malignancy: slides 97-106
Morbidity:
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Adult Heart TransplantsFunctional Status of Surviving Recipients by Karnofsky
Score (Follow-ups: January 2006 – June 2012)
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1 Year(N = 10,532)
2 Years(N = 8,674)
3 Years(N = 7,521)
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
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Adult Heart TransplantsEmployment Status of Surviving Recipients
(Follow-ups: January 2000 – June 2012)
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1 Year(N = 16,112)
3 Years(N = 14,081)
5 Years(N = 12,447)
Retired
Not Working
Working Part Time
Working Full Time
Working (FT/PT status unknown)
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Adult Heart TransplantsEmployment Status of Surviving Recipients
Age at Follow-up: 25-60 Years (Follow-ups: January 2000 – June 2012)
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1 Year(N = 9,857)
3 Years(N = 7,717)
5 Years(N = 6,007)
Retired
Not Working
Working Part Time
Working Full Time
Working (FT/PT status unknown)
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Adult Heart TransplantsRehospitalization Post-transplant of Surviving Recipients
(Follow-ups: January 2000 – June 2012)
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Up to 1 Year(N = 21,679)
Between 2 and 3 Years (N =
18,377)
Between 4 and 5 Years (N =
16,289)
No Hospitalization Hospitalized, Not Rejection/Not InfectionHospitalized, Rejection Only Hospitalized, Infection OnlyHospitalized, Rejection + Infection
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Adult Heart TransplantsCumulative Morbidity Rates in Survivors within 1, 5 and 10
Years Post-Transplant (Follow-ups: January 1995 – June 2012)
Outcome Within 1 Year
Total N with known
response
Within 5 Years
Total N with known
responseWithin
10 YearsTotal N
with known response
Hypertension* 72.3% (N = 26,852) 92.2% (N = 12,534) -
Renal Dysfunction 26.3% (N = 29,301) 52.5% (N = 14,680) 68.4% (N = 4,879)
Abnormal Creatinine ≤ 2.5 mg/dl 18.1% 33.3% 38.3%
Creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl 6.4% 15.1% 20.5%
Chronic Dialysis 1.5% 2.9% 6.0%
Renal Transplant 0.3% 1.2% 3.6%
Hyperlipidemia* 60.0% (N = 28,102) 87.8% (N = 13,876) -
Diabetes* 25.7% (N = 29,289) 38.1% (N = 14,470) -
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy 7.8% (N = 26,480) 30.2% (N = 10,651) 50.1% (N = 2,815)
* Data are not available 10 years post transplant
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Adult Heart TransplantsCumulative Morbidity Rates in Survivors within 1, 5 and 10
Years Post-Transplant (Follow-ups: January 1995 – June 2002) For the Same Patients
Outcome Within 1 Year
Total N with known
response
Within 5 Years
Total N with known
responseWithin
10 YearsTotal N
with known response
Renal Dysfunction 22.8% (N = 2,233) 49.4% (N = 2,233) 65.9% (N = 2,233)
Abnormal Creatinine ≤ 2.5 mg/dl 16.5% 34.6% 40.3%
Creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl 6.0% 13.0% 17.9%
Chronic Dialysis 0.1% 0.9% 4.3%
Renal Transplant 0.2% 0.9% 3.4%
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy 6.8% (N = 2,233) 29.6% (N = 2,233) 49.0% (N = 2,233)
Only patients with known responses reported on every annual follow-up through the 10-year follow-up were included.
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Adult Heart TransplantsCumulative Morbidity Rates in Survivors within 1 and 5 Years
Post-Transplant (Follow-ups: January 2001 – June 2007) For the Same Patients
Outcome Within 1 Year
Total N with known
responseWithin 5 Years
Total N with known
response
Hypertension 73.2% (N = 3,439) 88.5% (N = 3,439)
Renal Dysfunction 26.4% (N = 3,439) 50.1% (N = 3,439)
Abnormal Creatinine ≤ 2.5 mg/dl 22.2% 37.7%
Creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl 3.5% 9.5%
Chronic Dialysis 0.5% 1.9%
Renal Transplant 0.3% 1.0%
Hyperlipidemia 72.6% (N = 3,439) 89.5% (N = 3,439)
Diabetes 29.7% (N = 3,439) 40.6% (N = 3,439)
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy 5.7% (N = 3,439) 27.0% (N = 3,439)
Only patients with known responses reported on every annual follow-up through the 5-year follow-up were included.
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy by Era
(Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100
20
40
60
80
100
Freedom from CAV 4/1994-2002 (N = 12,984)
Years
% F
reed
om fr
om C
AV
p < 0.0001
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy by Ischemia
Time (Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 130
20
40
60
80
100
<2 hours (N = 3,440)
2-<4 hours (N = 16,896)
4+ hours (N = 4,451)
Years
% F
reed
om fr
om C
AV
p = 0.2240
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy by Gender
(Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
100
Male (N = 20,031)
Female (N = 6,078)
Years
% F
reed
om fr
om C
AV
p < 0.0001
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Adult Heart TransplantsSurvival After Report of CAV Within 3 Years of Transplant and
Survival In Patients Without CAV*(Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
100
No CAV (N = 19,138) CAV (N = 4,544)
Time after Report of CAV* (Years)
Surv
ival
(%)
p < 0.0001
* Patient survival for those without CAV within 3 years after transplant was conditioned on survival to median time of CAV development (512 days). Median time to CAV development is based on patients who developed CAV within 3 years of transplant.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart TransplantsSurvival After Report of CAV Within 3 Years of Transplant and
Survival In Patients Without CAV* by Era(Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 140
20
40
60
80
100
No CAV 4/1994-2002 (N = 9,851) CAV 4/1994-2002 (N = 2,437)
No CAV 2003-6/2011 (N = 9,287) CAV 2003-6/2011 (N = 2,107)
Time after Report of CAV* (Years)
Surv
ival
(%)
4/1994-2002: No CAV vs. CAV p < 0.00012003-6/2011: No CAV vs. CAV p < 0.0001No CAV: 4/1994-2002 vs. 2003-6/2011 p = 0.9999CAV: 4/1994-2002 vs. 2003-6/2011 p = 0.0028
* Patient survival for those without CAV within 3 years after transplant was conditioned on survival to median time of CAV development (512 days). Median time to CAV development is based on patients who developed CAV within 3 years of transplant.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Severe Renal Dysfunction by Era*
(Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100
20
40
60
80
100
4/1994-2002 (N = 14,469)2003-6/2011 (N = 14,414)
Years
% F
reed
om fr
om S
ever
e R
enal
Dys
-fu
nctio
n
p < 0.0001
* Severe renal dysfunction = Creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl (221 μmol/L), dialysis or renal transplant
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Severe Renal Dysfunction* Stratified by
Ischemia Time (Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 140
20
40
60
80
100
<2 hours (N = 3,847)2-<4 hours (N = 18,614)4+ hours (N = 4,881)
Years
% F
reed
om fr
om S
ever
e R
enal
D
ysfu
nctio
n
p = 0.6270
* Severe renal dysfunction = Creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl (221 μmol/L), dialysis or renal transplant
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Renal Dysfunction Within 1st Year
Conditional on Survival to 1 Year (1 year follow-ups: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
100
No Renal Dysfunction (N=19,564)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
* Severe renal dysfunction = Creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl (221 μmol/L), dialysis or renal transplant
p < 0.0001
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Adult Heart Transplants Post Transplant Malignancy (Follow-ups: April 1994 – June 2012)
Cumulative Morbidity Rates in Survivors
Malignancy/Type 1-Year Survivors
5-Year Survivors
10-Year Survivors
No Malignancy 30,892 (97.4%) 13,813 (85.9%) 4,073 (72.1%)
Malignancy (all types combined) 827 (2.6%) 2,264 (14.1%) 1,578 (27.9%)
Malignancy Type*
Skin 409 (1.3%) 1,493 (9.3%) 1,119 (19.8%)
Lymphoma 170 (0.5%) 174 (1.1%) 102 (1.8%)
Other 190 (0.6%) 667 (4.1%) 496 (8.8%)
Type Not Reported 58 (0.2%) 46 (0.3%) 18 (0.3%)
* Recipients may have experienced more than one type of malignancy so sum of individual malignancy types may be greater than total number with malignancy.
“Other” includes: prostate (11, 35, 21), adenocarcinoma (7, 7, 4), lung (6, 4, 1), bladder (4, 5, 4), Kaposi's sarcoma (0, 3, 1), breast (2, 7, 2), cervical (2, 5, 2), colon (2, 4, 2), and renal (2, 7, 2). Numbers in parentheses are those reported within 1 year, 5 years and 10 years, respectively.
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Malignancy by Type
(Follow-ups: April 1994 – June 2012)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
100
Any malignancy Lymphoma Skin Other
Years
% F
ree
from
Mal
igna
ncy
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Malignancy by Maintenance
Immunosuppression Combinations at DischargeConditional on Survival to 14 days (Transplants: January 2001 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 950
60
70
80
90
100
Tacrolimus+MMF/MPA Cyclosporine+MMF/MPA
Cyclosporine+AZA
Years
% F
ree
from
Mal
igna
ncy
p = 0.0027
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Malignancy by Era
(Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1250
60
70
80
90
100
4/1994-2002 2003-6/2011
Years
% F
ree
from
Mal
igna
ncy
p < 0.0001
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Malignancy by Era and Gender
(Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1250
60
70
80
90
100
Male 4/1994-2002 Male 2003-6/2011
Female 4/1994-2002 Female 2003-6/2011
Years
% F
ree
from
Mal
igna
ncy
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05 except Female 4/1994-202 vs. Female 2003-06/2011
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Skin Malignancy by Era
(Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1250
60
70
80
90
100
4/1994-2002 2003-6/2011
Years
% F
ree
from
Ski
n M
alig
nanc
y
p < 0.0001
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Lymphoma by Era
(Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1250
60
70
80
90
100
4/1994-2002 2003-6/2011
Years
% F
ree
from
Lym
phom
a
p < 0.0001
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Other* Malignancy by Era
(Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1250
60
70
80
90
100
4/1994-2002 2003-6/2011
Years
% F
ree
from
Oth
er M
alig
nanc
y
p < 0.0001
* Other malignancy includes all types of malignancy except skin and lymphoma
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Adult Heart TransplantsSurvival After Report of Malignancy Within 3 Years of
Transplant and Survival In Patients Without Malignancy* (Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
100
No Malignancy (N = 23,584)Malignancy (N = 1,678)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
p < 0.0001
* Patient survival for those without malignancy within 3 years after transplant was conditioned on survival to median time of malignancy development (545 days). Median time to malignancy development is based on patients who developed malignancy within 3 years of transplant.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart TransplantsSurvival After Report of Skin Malignancy or Lymphoma Within 3
Years of Transplant and Survival In Patients Without Malignancy* (Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 120
20
40
60
80
100No Malignancy (N = 23,584)Skin Malignancy (N = 838)Lymphoma (N = 678)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.0001
* Patient survival for those without malignancy within 3 years after transplant was conditioned on survival to median time of malignancy development (545 days). Median time to malignancy development is based on patients who developed malignancy within 3 years of transplant.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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1 year mortality: slides 108-122 5 year mortality: slides 123-135 5 year mortality conditional on survival to 1 year: slides 136-
145 10 year mortality: slides 146-155 15 year mortality: slides 156-165 20 year mortality: slides 166-170 Developing severe renal dysfunction within 1 year: slides
171-175 Developing severe renal dysfunction within 5 years: slides
176-182 Developing non-skin malignancy within 8 years: slides 183-
189 Developing CAV within 5 years: slides 190-195
Multivariable Analyses:
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors For 1 Year Mortality
VARIABLE N Hazard Ratio
P-value 95% Confidence Interval
Temporary circulatory support* 163 2.80 <.0001 2.04-3.83
Total artificial heart 98 2.26 0.0004 1.43-3.55
Diagnosis: Congenital vs. cardiomyopathy 266 2.21 <.0001 1.62-3.02
Recipient history of dialysis 274 1.78 <.0001 1.39-2.28Recipient on ventilator at time of transplant 302 1.66 0.0001 1.29-2.15
Chronic pulsatile flow device 952 1.56 <.0001 1.27-1.92
Chronic continuous flow device 1846 1.50 <.0001 1.24-1.81
Previous transplant 311 1.46 0.0125 1.08-1.96
N = 10,473* Temporary circulatory support includes ECMO and temporary pulsatile flow devices.
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors For 1 Year Mortality (continued)
VARIABLEN Hazard
RatioP-value 95% Confidence
Interval
Male recipient/female donor vs. male recipient/male donor 1569 1.32 0.0009 1.12-1.55
Recipient with infection requiring IV drug therapy within 2 weeks prior to transplant 1063 1.28 0.0043 1.08-1.52
Previous transfusion 2268 1.25 0.0034 1.08-1.45
Not hospitalized just prior to transplant 5742 0.87 0.0372 0.77-0.99
Ventricular remodeling 1835 0.80 0.0107 0.67-0.95
Transplant year: 2006 vs. 2010/2011 1913 1.40 0.0002 1.17-1.68
Transplant year: 2007 vs. 2010/2011 1882 1.32 0.0031 1.10-1.58
Transplant year: 2008 vs. 2010/2011 1799 1.26 0.0146 1.05-1.51
N = 10,473* Temporary circulatory support includes ECMO and temporary pulsatile flow devices.
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors For 1 Year Mortality
Continuous Factors (see figures)
Recipient age Ischemia time
Recipient height Recipient pre-transplant bilirubin
BMI ratio Recipient pre-transplant creatinine
Donor age PRA Class II
Transplant center volume Recipient pulmonary artery systolic pressure
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors For 1 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Age
20 30 40 50 60 700.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Recipient Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 1 Y
ear M
orta
lity p < 0.0001
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20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 650.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
1 year mortality (2006-6/2011) 5 year mortality (2002-6/2007)
10 year mortality (1997-6/2002) 20 year mortality (1987-6/1992)
Recipient Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f Mor
talit
y
p-values for recipient age were < 0.001 in all mortality models
ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTSRisk Factors For 1, 5, 10 and 20 Year Mortality
Recipient Age
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors For 1 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Donor Age
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 600.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Donor Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 1 Y
ear M
orta
lity p < 0.0001
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15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 550.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
1 year mortality (2006-6/2011) 5 year mortality (2002-6/2007)
10 year mortality (1997-6/2002) 20 year mortality (1987-6/1992)
Donor Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f Mor
talit
y
p-values for donor age were < 0.001 in all mortality models
ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTSRisk Factors For 1, 5, 10 and 20 Year Mortality
Donor Age
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors For 1 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Height
150 160 170 180 190 2000.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Recipient Height (cm)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 1 Y
ear M
orta
lity p = 0.0016
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors For 1 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Donor BMI/Recipient BMI ratio
0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.50.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Donor BMI/Recipient BMI
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 1 Y
ear M
orta
lity p = 0.0029
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors For 1 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Ischemia Time
60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 3600.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Ischemia time (minutes)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 1 Y
ear M
orta
lity p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors For 1 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Center Volume
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 700.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Center Volume (cases per year)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 1 Y
ear M
orta
lity p = 0.0002
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors For 1 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Pre-Transplant Bilirubin
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.50.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient Bilirubin (mg/dL)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 1 Y
ear M
orta
lity p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors For 1 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Pre-Transplant Creatinine
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.50.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Recipient Creatinine (mg/dL)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 1 Y
ear M
orta
lity p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors For 1 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
PRA Class II (%)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 1000.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Recipient PRA Class II (%)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 1 Y
ear M
orta
lity p = 0.0188
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors For 1 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure
15 25 35 45 55 65 750.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
PA Systolic Pressure
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 1 Y
ear M
orta
lity p = 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality
VARIABLEN Hazard
RatioP-value 95% Confidence
Interval
Temporary circulatory support* 160 2.23 <.0001 1.72-2.90Total artificial heart 37 1.77 0.0442 1.01-3.08
Continuous flow device or VAD with type unknown 349 1.71 0.0065 1.16-2.52
Recipient history of dialysis 326 1.70 <.0001 1.43-2.03Diagnosis: Congenital vs. cardiomyopathy 284 1.46 0.0012 1.16-1.83
Recipient on ventilator at time of transplant 301 1.37 0.0034 1.11-1.68
Female recipient with prior pregnancy/ male donor vs. male recipient/male donor 752 1.33 0.0017 1.11-1.58
PRA > 10% 685 1.25 0.003 1.08-1.45
N = 10,332
* Temporary circulatory support includes ECMO and temporary pulsatile flow devices.
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality (continued)
VARIABLE N Hazard Ratio
P-value 95% Confidence Interval
Recipient Hep B core (+) 404 1.22 0.0388 1.01-1.47Recipient with infection requiring IV drug therapy within 2 weeks prior to transplant
1117 1.22 0.0018 1.08-1.37
Number of HLA mismatches at A locus (per locus)
0 A MM (N=677) 1 A MM (N=4910)2 A MM (N=4745)
1.18 0.0196 1.03-1.35Donor cause of death: anoxia vs. head trauma 956 1.17 0.0243 1.02-1.33
Recipient history of diabetes 2275 1.15 0.0049 1.04-1.26
Chronic pulsatile flow device 1730 1.15 0.0213 1.02-1.29Diagnosis: coronary artery disease vs. cardiomyopathy 4587 1.12 0.0206 1.02-1.23
Ventricular remodeling 928 0.85 0.0415 0.73-0.99
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality
Continuous Factors (see figures)
Recipient age Ischemia time
Recipient height Recipient pre-transplant bilirubin
Recipient BMI Recipient pre-transplant creatinine
Donor age Recipient PVR
Donor BMI Recipient diastolic PA pressure
Transplant center volume
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Age
20 30 40 50 60 700.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Recipient Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Donor Age
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 600.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Donor Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Height
150 160 170 180 190 2000.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Recipient Height (cm)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity p = 0.0022
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient and Donor BMI
20 25 30 350.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient BMI Donor BMI
BMI (kg/m2)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity
Recipient BMI: p < 0.0001Donor BMI: p = 0.012
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Ischemia Time
60 120 180 240 300 3600.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Ischemia time (minutes)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Center Volume
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 700.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Center Volume (cases per year)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity p = 0.0018
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Pre-Transplant Bilirubin
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.00.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient Bilirubin (mg/dL)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity p = 0.0029
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Pre-Transplant Creatinine
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.50.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Recipient Creatinine (mg/dL)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Pulmonary Vascular Resistance
1 2 3 4 5 6 70.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
PVR
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity p = 0.0002
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Pulmonary Artery Diastolic Pressure
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 400.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
PA Diastolic (mm Hg)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity p = 0.0112
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year MortalityConditional on Survival to 1 Year
VARIABLE N Hazard Ratio
P-value 95% Confidence Interval
No Cyclo, TAC or Sirolimus at 1 year 136 2.02 <.0001 1.44-2.84
No AZA, MMF/MPA or Sirolimus at 1 year 415 1.75 <.0001 1.47-2.08
Rejection between discharge and 1st year 2153 1.65 <.0001 1.46-1.86
Polyclonal agent and IL-2R antagonist used for induction 113 1.57 0.0207 1.07-2.29
Recipient history of dialysis prior to transplant 220 1.44 0.0168 1.07-1.95
Recipient Hep B core (+) and Hep B surface antigen not positive 317 1.40 0.0115 1.08-1.83
Dialysis prior to discharge 531 1.35 0.006 1.09-1.67
Female recipient with prior pregnancy/ male donor vs. male recipient/male donor 635 1.32 0.03 1.03-1.68
N = 8,873
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality
Conditional on Survival to 1 Year (continued)
VARIABLEN Hazard
RatioP-value 95% Confidence
IntervalDonor cause of death: anoxia vs. head trauma 811 1.26 0.0134 1.05-1.52
Treated for infection prior to discharge 1879 1.24 0.002 1.08-1.42IL-2R antagonist used for induction (no polyclonal agent) 2254 1.19 0.0104 1.04-1.36
Recipient history of diabetes 1930 1.17 0.0268 1.02-1.34
2 mismatches at the A locus 4061 1.16 0.0111 1.03-1.30
Defibrillator prior to transplant 5221 0.89 0.0489 0.78-1.00Ventricular remodeling prior to transplant 799 0.79 0.0467 0.63-1.00
AZA vs. MMF/MPA 442 0.67 0.0174 0.490.93
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year MortalityConditional on Survival to 1 Year
Continuous Factors (see figures)
Recipient age Recipient pre-transplant creatinine
Recipient height Donor/recipient height ratio
Recipient BMI Recipient TPG
Donor age
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Conditional on Survival to 1 Year Recipient Age
20 30 40 50 60 700.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
Recipient Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity
p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Conditional on Survival to 1 Year Recipient Height
150 160 170 180 1900.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient height (cm)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity p = 0.0134
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Conditional on Survival to 1 Year Recipient BMI
20 25 30 350.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient BMI (kg/m2)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity p = 0.048
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Conditional on Survival to 1 Year Donor Age
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 600.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Donor Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity p = 0.0087
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Conditional on Survival to 1 Year Donor Height/Recipient Height Ratio
0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.10.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Donor Height/Recipient Height Ratio
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity
P = 0.0300
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Conditional on Survival to 1 Year Recipient Pre-Transplant Creatinine
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.50.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient Creatinine (mg/dL)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity P = 0.0496
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors For 5 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Conditional on Survival to 1 Year Transpulmonary Pressure Gradient
3 6 9 12 150.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
TPG
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 5 Y
ear M
orta
lity p = 0.0025
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1997-6/2002)Risk Factors For 10 Year Mortality
VARIABLEN Hazard
RatioP-value 95% Confidence
Interval
ECMO 32 2.18 0.0003 1.43-3.33
Ventilator at time of transplant 353 1.65 <.0001 1.42-1.91
Recipient on dialysis 259 1.45 <.0001 1.23-1.72
Repeat transplant 283 1.42 <.0001 1.19-1.68
Recipient history of diabetes 2037 1.31 <.0001 1.22-1.41
PRA > 20% 610 1.30 <.0001 1.16-1.46
Female recipient with prior pregnancy 1645 1.29 <.0001 1.18-1.41
Diagnosis: congenital vs. CM 235 1.28 0.0233 1.03-1.58
Transplant year: 1997 vs. 2001/2002 2064 1.20 <.0001 1.09-1.31
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1997-6/2002)Risk Factors For 10 Year Mortality (continued)
VARIABLEN Hazard
RatioP-value 95% Confidence
Interval
Year of transplant: 1998 vs. 2001/2002 2163 1.19 0.0001 1.09-1.30
Prior cerebrovascular event 627 1.17 0.0091 1.04-1.31
Diagnosis: coronary artery disease vs. CM 5699 1.16 <.0001 1.09-1.24
Year of transplant: 1999 vs. 2001/2002 2034 1.14 0.0027 1.05-1.25
Year of transplant: 2000 vs. 2001/2002 2132 1.12 0.0089 1.03-1.22
Donor history of hypertension 1314 1.11 0.0189 1.02-1.22
On VAD at time of transplant 1811 1.11 0.0115 1.02-1.20
Not hospitalized at transplant 4666 0.93 0.0269 0.88-0.99
0-4 HLA mismatches (A + B + DR) vs. 5-6 3963 0.87 <.0001 0.82-0.93
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1997-6/2002)Risk Factors For 10 Year Mortality
Continuous Factors (see figures)
Recipient age Ischemia time
Recipient weight Recipient pre-transplant bilirubin
Donor age Recipient pre-transplant creatinine
Transplant center volume
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1997-6/2002)Risk Factors For 10 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Age
20 30 40 50 60 700.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Recipient Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 10
Year
Mor
talit
y p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1997-6/2002)Risk Factors For 10 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Donor Age
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 600.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Donor Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 10
Year
Mor
talit
y p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1997-6/2002)Risk Factors For 10 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Weight
50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 1300.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient Weight (kg)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 10
Year
Mor
talit
y p = 0.0137
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1997-6/2002)Risk Factors For 10 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Ischemia Time
60 120 180 240 300 3600.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Ischemia time (minutes)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 10
Year
Mor
talit
y p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1997-6/2002)Risk Factors For 10 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Center Volume
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 700.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Center Volume (cases per year)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 10
Year
Mor
talit
y p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1997-6/2002)Risk Factors For 10 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Pre-Transplant Bilirubin
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.00.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient Bilirubin (mg/dL)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 10
Year
Mor
talit
y p = 0.0004
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1997-6/2002)Risk Factors For 10 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Pre-Transplant Creatinine
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.50.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Recipient Creatinine (mg/dL)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 10
Year
Mor
talit
y p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1992-6/1997)Risk Factors For 15 Year Mortality
VARIABLEN Hazard
RatioP-value 95% Confidence
Interval
Retransplant 268 1.67 <.0001 1.44-1.94
Diagnosis: not cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease or retransplant vs. CM
73 1.66 0.0006 1.25-2.22
On ventilator 338 1.33 <.0001 1.16-1.52
Recipient Hep B Core (+) 265 1.27 0.0024 1.09-1.47
PR A> 20% 534 1.21 0.0006 1.08-1.34
Transplant year: 1992 vs. 1996/1997 1881 1.17 <.0001 1.08-1.27
Female recipient/male donor vs. male recipient/male donor 1218 1.16 0.004 1.05-1.28
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1992-6/1997)Risk Factors For 15 Year Mortality (continued)
VARIABLEN Hazard
RatioP-value 95% Confidence
Interval
On VAD at transplant 777 1.16 0.0039 1.05-1.27
Diagnosis: Coronary artery disease vs. cardiomyopathy 5506 1.15 <.0001 1.09-1.22
Transplant year: 1993 vs. 1996/1997 2017 1.15 0.0005 1.06-1.24
Male recipient/female donor vs. male recipient/male donor 2260 1.14 0.002 1.05-1.24
2 mismatches at DR locus 6774 1.11 <.0001 1.06-1.17
Transplant year: 1994 vs. 1996/1997 2072 1.08 0.0417 1.00-1.16
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1992-6/1997)Risk Factors For 15 Year Mortality
Continuous Factors (see figures)
Recipient age Transplant center volume
Difference in recipient and donor age Ischemia time
Recipient BMI Recipient pre-transplant creatinine
Donor height
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1992-6/1997)Risk Factors For 15 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Age
20 30 40 50 60 700.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 15
Year
Mor
talit
y p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1992-6/1997)Risk Factors For 15 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Donor Age – Recipient Age
-45 -40 -35 -30 -25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 50.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Difference in Donor Age and Recipient Age
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 15
Year
Mor
talit
y p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1992-6/1997)Risk Factors For 15 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient BMI
18 20 22 24 26 28 30 320.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient BMI (kg/m2)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 15
Year
Mor
talit
y p = 0.0002
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1992-6/1997)Risk Factors For 15 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Donor Height
150 160 170 180 1900.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Donor Height (cm)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 15
Year
Mor
talit
y p = 0.0461
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1992-6/1997)Risk Factors For 15 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Ischemia Time
60 120 180 240 300 3600.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Ischemia time (minutes)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 15
Year
Mor
talit
y p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1992-6/1997)Risk Factors For 15 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Center Volume
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 700.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Center Volume (cases per year)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 15
Year
Mor
talit
y p = 0.0005
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1992-6/1997)Risk Factors For 15 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Pre-Transplant Creatinine
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.50.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient Creatinine (mg/dL)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 15
Year
Mor
talit
y p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1987-6/1992)Risk Factors For 20 Year Mortality
VARIABLEN Hazard
RatioP-value 95% Confidence
Interval
Retransplant 334 2.27 <.0001 2.02-2.56
Diagnosis: not cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease or retransplant vs. cardiomopathy
1196 1.22 <.0001 1.13-1.31
Transplant year: 1987 vs. 1991/1992 2648 1.20 <.0001 1.13-1.26
Transplant year: 1988 vs. 1991/1992 3100 1.15 <.0001 1.09-1.21
Diagnosis: Coronary artery disease vs. cardiomyopathy 8450 1.12 <.0001 1.07-1.16
Transplant year: 1989 vs. 1991/1992 3308 1.11 0.0001 1.05-1.16
Female recipient vs. male recipient 3106 0.94 0.0161 0.90-0.99
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1987-6/1992)Risk Factors For 20 Year Mortality
Continuous Factors (see figures)
Recipient age Transplant center volume
Donor age
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1987-6/1992)Risk Factors For 20 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Recipient Age
20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 650.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 20
Year
Mor
talit
y p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1987-6/1992)Risk Factors For 20 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Donor Age
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 550.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Donor Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 20
Year
Mor
talit
y p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (1987-6/1992)Risk Factors For 20 Year Mortality with 95% Confidence Limits
Center Volume
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 700.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Center Volume (cases per year)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f 20
Year
Mor
talit
y p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors for Developing Severe Renal Dysfunction within 1 Year
Limited to Recipients without Severe Renal Dysfunction* Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
VARIABLE N Hazard Ratio
P-value 95% Confidence Interval
Dialysis prior to discharge 470 4.56 <.0001 3.60-5.79Female recipient/female donor vs. male recipient/male donor 1126 2.07 <.0001 1.44-2.97
Infection requiring IV antibiotics within 2 weeks prior to transplant 823 1.56 0.0016 1.18-2.06
Rejection prior to discharge 808 1.48 0.0073 1.11-1.98
Cyclosporine vs. Tacrolimus at discharge 2487 1.47 0.0006 1.18-1.84
Post-transplant cardiac re-operation prior to discharge 772 1.47 0.0036 1.13-1.90
Ventilatory support at transplant 564 1.47 0.0262 1.05-2.06
Continuous chronic device 1591 1.44 0.0039 1.12-1.84
Male recipient/female donor vs. male recipient/male donor 1282 1.33 0.0384 1.02-1.74
Hospitalized (inc. ICU) at transplant 3885 1.25 0.0277 1.02-1.53
Diagnosis: Valvular disease vs. cardiomyopathy 212 0.38 0.0335 0.16-0.93
N = 8,861 *Severe renal dysfunction = creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl or dialysis
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors for Developing Severe Renal Dysfunction within 1 Year
Limited to Recipients without Severe Renal Dysfunction* Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Continuous Factors (see figures)
Recipient age Recipient pre-transplant creatinine
Recipient BSA
*Severe renal dysfunction = creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl or dialysis
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors for Developing Severe Renal Dysfunction within 1 Year
Limited to Recipients without Severe Renal Dysfunction* Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Recipient Age
20 30 40 50 60 700.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f Ren
al D
ysfu
nctio
n w
ithin
1 Y
ear
p = 0.008
(N = 8,861)
*Severe renal dysfunction = creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl or dialysis
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors for Developing Severe Renal Dysfunction within 1 Year
Limited to Recipients without Severe Renal Dysfunction* Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Recipient BSA
1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.30.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Recipient BSA (m2)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f Ren
al D
ysfu
nctio
n w
ithin
1 Y
ear
p = 0.0103
(N = 8,861)
*Severe renal dysfunction = creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl or dialysis
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2006-6/2011)Risk Factors for Developing Severe Renal Dysfunction within 1 Year
Limited to Recipients without Severe Renal Dysfunction* Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Recipient Pre-Transplant Creatinine
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.50.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
Recipient Creatinine (mg/dL)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f Ren
al D
ysfu
nc-
tion
with
in 1
Yea
r
p < 0.0001
(N = 8,861)*Severe renal dysfunction = creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl or dialysis
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors for Developing Severe Renal Dysfunction within 5 Years
Limited to Recipients without Severe Renal Dysfunction* Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
VARIABLEN Hazard
RatioP-value 95% Confidence
Interval
Dialysis prior to discharge 431 2.55 <.0001 2.12-3.06
Multiple induction agents reported vs. none 147 1.78 0.0013 1.25-2.54
Transplant year: 2002 vs. 2005/2006 1467 1.61 <.0001 1.35-1.93
Continuous chronic device 251 1.43 0.0263 1.04-1.97
Female recipient 1921 1.39 0.0026 1.12-1.71
Transplant year: 2003 vs. 2006/2007 1399 1.38 0.0005 1.15-1.65
N = 8,182 *Severe renal dysfunction = creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl or dialysis
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors for Developing Severe Renal Dysfunction within 5 Years
Limited to Recipients without Severe Renal Dysfunction* Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge (continued)
VARIABLEN Hazard
RatioP-value 95% Confidence
Interval
Pulsatile chronic device 1305 1.36 <.0001 1.17-1.58
Recipient history of diabetes 1803 1.35 <.0001 1.18-1.54
IL-2R antagonist used for induction 2103 1.3 0.0003 1.13-1.49
Cyclosporine vs. Tacrolimus at discharge 3895 1.25 0.0006 1.10-1.42
Rejection prior to discharge 1047 1.24 0.013 1.05-1.47
HLA mismatch (per mismatch) 1.07 0.0345 1.00-1.13
N = 8,182 *Severe renal dysfunction = creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl or dialysis
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors for Developing Severe Renal Dysfunction within 5 Years
Limited to Recipients without Severe Renal Dysfunction* Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Continuous Factors (see figures)
Recipient age Recipient pulmonary artery systolic pressure
Recipient weight Recipient pre-transplant creatinine
*Severe renal dysfunction = creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl or dialysis
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors for Developing Severe Renal Dysfunction within 5 Years
Limited to Recipients without Severe Renal Dysfunction* Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Recipient Age
20 30 40 50 60 700.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f Ren
al D
ysfu
nctio
n w
ithin
5 Y
ears
p = 0.0077
(N = 8,182)
*Severe renal dysfunction = creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl or dialysis
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors for Developing Severe Renal Dysfunction within 5 Years
Limited to Recipients without Severe Renal Dysfunction* Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Recipient Weight
50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 1250.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient weight (kg)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f Ren
al D
ysfu
nctio
n w
ithin
5 Y
ears
p = 0.0061
(N = 8,182)
*Severe renal dysfunction = creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl or dialysis
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors for Developing Severe Renal Dysfunction within 5 Years
Limited to Recipients without Severe Renal Dysfunction* Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Recipient Pre-Transplant Creatinine
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.50.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
Recipient Creatinine (mg/dL)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f Ren
al D
ysfu
nc-
tion
with
in 5
Yea
rs
p < 0.0001
(N = 8,182)*Severe renal dysfunction = creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl or dialysis
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors for Developing Severe Renal Dysfunction within 5 Years
Limited to Recipients without Severe Renal Dysfunction* Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Recipient Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure
15 25 35 45 55 65 750.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
PA Systolic Pressure (mm Hg)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f Ren
al D
ysfu
nc-
tion
with
in 5
Yea
rs
p < 0.0001
(N = 8,182)*Severe renal dysfunction = creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl or dialysis
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2000-6/2004)Risk Factors for Developing Non-Skin Malignancy within 8 Years
Limited to Recipients without Malignancy Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
VARIABLEN Hazard
RatioP-value 95% Confidence
Interval
Multiple induction agents reported 97 2.38 0.0015 1.40-4.07
Donor history of cancer 84 1.95 0.0242 1.09-3.48
Female recipient/female donor vs. male recipient/male donor 608 1.87 0.0018 1.26-2.78
Pacemaker prior to discharge 178 1.81 0.0074 1.17-2.80
Transplant year: 2000 vs. 2003/2004 1100 1.81 <.0001 1.37-2.39
Transplant year: 2001 vs. 2003/2004 1142 1.49 0.006 1.12-1.99
Implantable defibrillator prior to transplant 2178 1.28 0.0194 1.04-1.57
N = 5,179
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2000-6/2004)Risk Factors for Developing Non-Skin Malignancy within 8 Years
Limited to Recipients without Malignancy Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Continuous Factors (see figures)
Recipient age Recipient PVR
Ischemia time Recipient PA systolic
Transplant center volume
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2000-6/2004)Risk Factors for Developing Non-Skin Malignancy within 8 Years
Limited to Recipients without Malignancy Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Recipient Age
20 30 40 50 60 700.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
Recipient Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f Non
-Ski
n M
a-lig
nanc
y w
ithin
8 Y
ears
p < 0.0001
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2000-6/2004)Risk Factors for Developing Non-Skin Malignancy within 8 Years
Limited to Recipients without Malignancy Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Ischemia Time
30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 3600.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Ischemia time (minutes)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f Non
-Ski
n M
a-lig
nanc
y w
ithin
8 Y
ears
p = 0.0409
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2000-6/2004)Risk Factors for Developing Non-Skin Malignancy within 8 Years
Limited to Recipients without Malignancy Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Center Volume
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 700.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Center Volume (cases per year)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f Non
-Ski
n M
a-lig
nanc
y w
ithin
8 Y
ears
p = 0.0007
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2000-6/2004)Risk Factors for Developing Non-Skin Malignancy within 8 Years
Limited to Recipients without Malignancy Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Pulmonary Vascular Resistance
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.50.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
Recipient PVR
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f Non
-Ski
n M
a-lig
nanc
y w
ithin
8 Y
ears
p = 0.0109
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2000-6/2004)Risk Factors for Developing Non-Skin Malignancy within 8 Years
Limited to Recipients without Malignancy Pre-TransplantConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Pre-Transplant PA Mean Pressure
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 500.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient PA Mean (mm Hg)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f Non
-Ski
n M
a-lig
nanc
y w
ithin
8 Y
ears
p = 0.036
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors for Developing CAV within 5 YearsConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
VARIABLEN Hazard
RatioP-value 95% Confidence
Interval
OTK3 used for induction 239 1.90 <.0001 1.52-2.39
AZA vs. MMF/MPA at discharge 344 1.36 0.0038 1.11-1.68
Pacemaker prior to discharge 266 1.32 0.0201 1.04-1.67
Rejection prior to discharge 987 1.29 0.0004 1.12-1.48
Cyclosporine vs. Tacrolimus at discharge 3774 1.29 <.0001 1.16-1.42
Donor history of hypertension 877 1.19 0.0129 1.04-1.37
N = 7,778
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors for Developing CAV within 5 YearsConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
(continued)
VARIABLEN Hazard
RatioP-value 95% Confidence
Interval
Female recipient/female donor with prior pregnancy vs. male recipient/male donor 581 0.80 0.0204 0.66-0.97
Male recipient/female donor vs. male recipient/male donor 1236 0.80 0.002 0.69-0.92
Recipient history of malignancy 354 0.75 0.0227 0.59-0.96
Female recipient without prior pregnancy/ female donor vs. male recipient/male donor 327 0.60 0.0003 0.46-0.79
Diagnosis: Congenital vs. cardiomyopathy 201 0.52 0.0015 0.35-0.78
N = 7,778
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors for Developing CAV within 5 YearsConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Continuous Factors (see figures)
Recipient BMI Donor age
Donor/recipient BSA ratio
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors for Developing CAV within 5 YearsConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Recipient BMI
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 350.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Recipient BMI (kg/m2)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f CA
V w
ithin
5
Year
s
p = 0.0026
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors for Developing CAV within 5 YearsConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Donor BSA/Recipient BSA
0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.20.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
Donor/Recipient BSA ratio
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f CA
V w
ithin
5 Y
ears
p = 0.0108
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ADULT HEART TRANSPLANTS (2002-6/2007)Risk Factors for Developing CAV within 5 YearsConditional on Survival to Transplant Discharge
Donor Age
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 600.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
Donor Age (years)
Haz
ard
Rat
io o
f CA
V w
ithin
5 Y
ears
p < 0.0001
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2013 Focus Theme: Age Age distribution: slides 197-201 and 208 Recipient characteristics by age: slides 202-207 Age mismatch: slides 208-209 Survival by age: slides 210-217 Age and immunosuppression: slides 218-219 Age and complications: slides 220-229 Age and cause of death: slides 230-237
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Adult Heart TransplantsDonor and Recipient Age
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
18-39 40-59 60-69 70+0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
0-10 11-17 18-39 40-59 60+
Recipient Age
% o
f Tra
nspl
ants
Donor Age:
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Adult Heart TransplantsDonor and Recipient Age
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
0-10 11-17 18-39 40-59 60+0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
18-39 40-59 60-69 70+
Donor Age
% o
f Tra
nspl
ants
Recipient Age:
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Adult Heart TransplantsDiagnosis by Age Group
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
74%
10% 5%
7% 1%2%
18-39 years
55%
2%
2%
37%1%
3%
MyopathyCongenitalReTXCADMisc.Valvular
40-59 years
41%1%
2%
53%1%
3%
60-69 years
37%3%
57%0%
3%
70+ years
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Adult Heart TransplantsRecipient Age Distribution by Location
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
Europe North America Other0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
18-39 40-59 60-69 70+
% o
f Rec
ipie
nts
Mean/median recipient age: Europe = 50.2/53.0 North America = 52.2/55.0 Other = 47.2/50.0
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Adult Heart TransplantsDonor Age Distribution by Location
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
Europe North America Other0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%0-10 11-17 18-39 40-59 60+
% o
f Don
ors
Mean/median donor age: Europe = 40.4/43.0 North America = 31.7/29.0 Other = 31.7/29.0
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Adult Heart TransplantsDonor and Recipient Characteristics by Recipient Age Group
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
18-39(N = 4,053)
40-59(N = 11,632)
60-69(N = 6,287)
70+(N = 346)
p-value
Donor age (years) 30.0 (16.0 - 53.0) 35.0 (17.0 - 56.0) 36.0 (17.0 - 58.0) 36.0 (18.0 - 59.0) <0.0001
Donor and recipient age difference (years) 2.0 (-18.0 - 25.0) -17.0 (-37.0 - 7.0) -28.0 (-47.0 - -5.0) -35.0 (-53.0 - -13.0) <0.0001
Recipient BMI 22.6 (18.2 - 34.3) 24.6 (20.1 - 34.6) 25.0 (20.3 - 33.7) 24.9 (20.1 - 32.0) <0.0001
Donor BMI 24.8 (19.4 - 35.9) 25.7 (20.0 - 36.5) 25.7 (20.1 - 36.6) 26.3 (21.0 - 37.9) <0.0001
Recipient/donor gender (% male) 65.5%/ 67.1% 76.5%/ 69.7% 81.0%/ 69.5% 89.9%/ 68.1% <0.0001/
0.0153Male recipient/ female donor 13.7% 16.4% 18.5% 25.5% <0.0001
Female recipient/ male donor 15.4% 9.7% 7.1% 3.8% <0.0001
Recipient prior cardiac surgery 38.7% 44.6% 52.9% 53.8% <0.0001
Continuous factors are expressed as median (5th-95th percentiles)
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Adult Heart TransplantsDonor and Recipient Characteristics by Recipient Age Group
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)18-39
(N = 4,053)40-59
(N = 11,632)60-69
(N = 6,287)70+
(N = 346)p-
value
Recipient previous malignancy 4.3% 5.3% 9.6% 11.0% <0.0001
Creatinine at time of transplant 1.0 (0.6 - 2.1) 1.2 (0.7 - 2.4) 1.3 (0.8 - 2.3) 1.3 (0.8 - 2.1) <0.0001
Pulmonary vascular resistance (Wood units) 2.0 (0.2 - 5.6) 2.1 (0.3 - 5.4) 2.1 (0.3 - 5.4) 2.1 (0.3 - 5.8) 0.0505
Diagnosis
Cardiomyopathy 74.3% 54.8% 40.5% 36.7% < 0.0001
Coronary artery disease 7.3% 37.4% 53.4% 57.1%
Valvular 1.7% 3.0% 3.3% 2.6%
Retransplant 5.3% 2.0% 1.6% 3.2%
Congenital 9.9% 1.9% 0.5% 0.0%
Other causes 1.4% 0.8% 0.6% 0.3%
Continuous factors are expressed as median (5th-95th percentiles)
(Cont’d)
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Adult Heart TransplantsDonor and Recipient Characteristics by Recipient Age Group
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
18-39(N = 4,053)
40-59(N = 11,632)
60-69(N = 6,287)
70+(N = 346)
p-value
Pre-operative support (multiple items may be reported) Hospitalized at time of transplant 51.3% 44.2% 41.1% 39.7% <0.0001
On IV inotropes 45.6% 41.6% 42.1% 39.9% 0.0083
LVAD 29.7% 29.6% 26.6% 18.0% <0.0001
IABP 6.5% 6.5% 5.1% 7.5% 0.0214
RVAD 5.7% 4.0% 2.3% 1.3% <0.0001
Ventilator 3.5% 2.7% 2.3% 3.7% 0.0258
TAH 1.1% 1.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0140
ECMO 2.1% 1.1% 0.7% 0.0% <0.0001
(Cont’d)
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Adult Heart TransplantsRecipient Age Distribution by Gender
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
18-39 40-59 60-69 70+0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Male (N = 16,950)
Female (N = 5,368)
Recipient age
% o
f tra
nspl
ants
p < 0.0001
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Adult Heart Transplants % of Patients Bridged with Mechanical Circulatory Support*
by Year, Age Group and Device Type
18-39 40-59 60-69 18-39 40-59 60-690
10
20
30
40
50
TAHLVAD+RVADRVADLVAD
% o
f pat
ient
s
2006 2011
* LVAD, RVAD, TAH. ECMO is excluded.
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Adult Heart Transplants Number of Combined Organ Transplants Reported
by Year, Age and Type of Transplant
18-39 40-59 60-69 70+ 18-39 40-59 60-69 70+0
20
40
60
80
Heart-Kidney Heart-Liver Heart-Kidney-Liver
Num
ber o
f tra
nspl
ants
2001 2011
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Adult Heart TransplantsDonor and Recipient Age (Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 800
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Recipient Age
Don
or A
ge
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Adult Heart TransplantsDonor and Recipient Age Difference (Transplants: January 2006 – June 2012)
18-39 40-59 60-69 70+0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
<-30 -30 - <-20 -20 - <-10 -10 - <0 0+
Recipient Age
% o
f Tra
nspl
ants
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Age Group
(Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 200
20
40
60
80
100
18-39 (N=15,812) 40-59 (N=55,943)
60-69 (N=20,293) 70+ (N=652)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Median survival (years): 18-39=12.3; 40-59=10.5; 60-69=9.0; 70+=7.6
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.01
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Age Group
(Transplants: January 2006 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 540
50
60
70
80
90
100
18-39 (N=3,455) 40-59 (N=9,937)
60-69 (N=5,234) 70+ (N=270)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
No pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05 except18-39 vs. 60-69: p = 0.019940-59 vs. 60-69: p= 0.0013
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Age Group
(Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 200
20
40
60
80
100
18-29 (N=6,609) 30-59 (N=65,146)
60-64 (N=14,721) 65-69 (N=5,572)
70-74 (N=608) 75+ (N=44)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Median survival (years): 18-29=12.4; 30-59=10.7; 60-64=9.1; 65-69=8.7; 70-74=7.6; 75+=NA
No pair-wise comparisons with 75+ were significant at p < 0.05. All other pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05 except 60-64 vs. 65-69 and 65-69 vs. 70-74
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Donor Age Group
(Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
100
0-10 (N=285) 11-39 (N=56,992)
40-59 (N=26,084) 60+ (N=1,109)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
Median survival (years): 0-10=11.4; 11-39=11.3; 40-59=9.3; 60+=6.0
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05 except 0-10 vs. 11-39 and 0-10 vs. 40-59
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Donor and Recipient Age Difference Recipient Age = 18-39 years (Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
100
-30 - <-20 (N = 535) -20 - <-10 (N = 2,958)
-10 - <0 (N = 4,163) 0+ (N = 6,817)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
All pair-wise comparisons with 0+ were significant at p < 0.05. No other pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05.
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Donor and Recipient Age Difference Recipient Age = 40-59 years (Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
100
<-30 (N = 11,937) -30 - <-20 (N = 13,066)-20 - <-10 (N = 11,785) -10 - <0 (N = 9,823)0+ (N= 5,394)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05 except <-30 vs. -30 - <-20 and -10 - <0 vs. 0+
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Donor and Recipient Age Difference Recipient Age = 60-69 years (Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 150
20
40
60
80
100
<-30 (N = 9,668) -30 - <-20 (N = 4,201)-20 - <-10 (N = 4,277) -10 - <0 (N = 1,972)0+ (N= 212)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05 except-30 - <-20 vs. -20 - <-10, -20 - <-10 vs. 0+ and -10 - <0 vs. 0+
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Adult Heart TransplantsKaplan-Meier Survival by Donor and Recipient Age Difference
Recipient Age = 70+ years (Transplants: January 1982 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 90
20
40
60
80
100
<-30 (N = 400) -30 - <-20 (N = 154)
-20 - <-10 (N = 135)
Years
Surv
ival
(%)
No pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05 except<-10 vs. -30 - <-20
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Adult Heart TransplantsInduction Immunosuppression by Age Group
(Transplants: January 2005 – June 2012)
Any Induction IL-2R Antagonist Polyclonal OKT3 Alemtuzumab0
10
20
30
40
50
6018-39 (N = 2,572)40-59 (N = 7,472)60-69 (N = 4,390)70+ (N = 301)
% o
f pat
ient
s
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the discharge
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Adult Heart Transplants Maintenance Immunosuppression at Time of 1 Year
Follow-up by Age Group (Follow-ups: January 2006 – June 2012)
Cy-closporine
Tacrolimus Sirolimus/ Everolimus
MMF/MPA Azathioprine Prednisone0
20
40
60
80
10018-39 (N = 1,882) 40-59 (N = 5,734)60-69 (N = 3,288) 70+ (N = 208)
% o
f pat
ient
s
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up
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Adult Heart Transplants % of Recipients Experiencing Treated Rejection between
Transplant Discharge and 1-Year Follow-Up by Type of Induction(Follow-ups: January 2005 – June 2012)
Overall 18-39 40-59 60-69 70+0
10
20
30
40
50
No induction (N=6,145) Polyclonal (N=2,530) IL-2R antagonist (N=3,563)
No induction vs. IL-2R: Overall – p = 0.004 and 60-69 – p = 0.0157. No other pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05.
% e
xper
ienc
ing
treat
ed re
ject
ion
with
in 1
yea
r
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up Treated rejection = Recipient was reported to (1)
have at least one acute rejection episode that was treated with an anti-rejection agent; or (2) have been hospitalized for rejection.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart Transplants % of Recipients Experiencing Any Rejection between Transplant
Discharge and 1-Year Follow-Up by Type of Induction(Follow-ups: January 2005 – June 2012)
Overall 18-39 40-59 60-69 70+0
10
20
30
40
50No induction (N=6,145) Polyclonal (N=2,530) IL-2R antagonist (N=3,563)
No induction vs. IL-2R pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05 for all groups except 18-39. Polyclonal vs. IL-2R Overall p = 0.0090. No other pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05.
% e
xper
ienc
ing
reje
ctio
n w
ithin
1
year
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up
Any rejection = Recipient was reported to (1) have at least one acute rejection episode; or (2) have been hospitalized for rejection.
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Adult Heart Transplants % of Recipients Experiencing Treated Rejection between
Transplant Discharge and 1-Year Follow-Up by Maintenance Immunosuppression (Follow-ups: January 2005 – June 2012)
Overall 18-39 40-59 60-69 70+0
10
20
30
40
50
Cyclosporine + MMF/MPA (N=3,115) Tacrolimus + MMF/MPA (N=7,999)
All pair-wise comparisons between maintenance immunosuppression groups were significant at p < 0.05 except for 70+
% e
xper
ienc
ing
treat
ed re
ject
ion
with
in 1
yea
r
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up Treated rejection = Recipient was reported to (1)
have at least one acute rejection episode that was treated with an anti-rejection agent; or (2) have been hospitalized for rejection.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart Transplants % of Recipients Experiencing Any Rejection between Transplant
Discharge and 1-Year Follow-Up by Maintenance Immunosuppression (Follow-ups: January 2005 – June 2012)
Overall 18-39 40-59 60-69 70+0
10
20
30
40
50 Cyclosporine + MMF/MPA (N=3,115) Tacrolimus + MMF/MPA (N=7,999)
All pair-wise comparisons between maintenance immunosuppression groups were significant at p < 0.05 except 70+
% e
xper
ienc
ing
reje
ctio
n w
ithin
1
year
Analysis is limited to patients who were alive at the time of the follow-up
Any rejection = Recipient was reported to (1) have at least one acute rejection episode; or (2) have been hospitalized for rejection.
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy by Age Group
(Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 110
20
40
60
80
100
18-39 (N = 4,093) 40-59 (N = 14,490)
60-69 (N = 7,170) 70+ (N = 356)
Years
% F
reed
om fr
om C
AV
No pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom From Severe Renal Dysfunction* by Age Group
(Transplants: April 1994 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 110
20
40
60
80
100
18-39 (N = 4,492) 40-59 (N = 15,966)
60-69 (N = 8,032) 70+ (N = 393)
Years
% F
reed
om fr
om S
ever
e R
enal
Dys
-fu
nctio
n
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05 except 40-59 vs. 70+ and 60-69 vs. 70+
* Severe renal dysfunction = Creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl (221 μmol/L), dialysis or renal transplant
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Malignancy by Age Group
(Follow-ups: April 1994 – June 2012)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1020
40
60
80
100
18-39 40-59 60-69 70+
Years
% F
ree
from
Mal
igna
ncy
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.0001 except 60-69 vs. 70+ (p=0.9554)
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Skin Malignancy by Age Group
(Follow-ups: April 1994 – June 2012)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1020
40
60
80
100
18-39 40-59 60-69 70+
Years
% F
ree
from
Ski
n M
alig
nanc
y
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.0001 except 60-69 vs. 70+ (p=0.9999)
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom from Lymphoma by Age Group
(Follow-ups: April 1994 – June 2012)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1075
80
85
90
95
100
18-39 40-59 60-69 70+
Years
% F
ree
from
Lym
phom
a
No pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05 except18-39 vs. 60-69: p = 0.018840-49 vs. 60-69: p = 0.0227
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Adult Heart TransplantsFreedom From Non Skin Malignancy by Age Group
(Follow-ups: April 1994 – June 2012)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1050
60
70
80
90
100
18-39 40-59 60-69 70+
Years
% F
ree
from
Non
Ski
n M
alig
nanc
y
All pair-wise comparisons were significant at p < 0.05 except40-49 vs. 70+ and 60-69 vs. 70+
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Adult Heart TransplantsCause of Death for Age = 18-39 (Deaths: January 1994 – June 2012)
CAUSE OF DEATH 0-30 Days (N = 749)
31 Days – 1 Year
(N = 639)
>1 Year – 3 Years (N = 614)
>3 Years – 5 Years (N = 448)
>5 Years –10 Years(N = 867)
>10 Years – 15 Years (N = 555)
>15 Years (N = 372)
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy 9 (1.2%) 36 (5.6%) 86 (14.0%) 83 (18.5%) 195 (22.5%) 141 (25.4%) 73 (19.6%)
Acute Rejection 52 (6.9%) 129 (20.2%) 130 (21.2%) 55 (12.3%) 37 (4.3%) 13 (2.3%) 8 (2.2%)
Lymphoma 0 8 (1.3%) 6 (1.0%) 12 (2.7%) 35 (4.0%) 23 (4.1%) 12 (3.2%)
Malignancy, Other 0 9 (1.4%) 8 (1.3%) 18 (4.0%) 65 (7.5%) 53 (9.5%) 42 (11.3%)
CMV 0 7 (1.1%) 1 (0.2%) 1 (0.2%) 0 0 0
Infection, Non-CMV 69 (9.2%) 120 (18.8%) 45 (7.3%) 31 (6.9%) 52 (6.0%) 43 (7.7%) 30 (8.1%)
Graft Failure 302 (40.3%) 153 (23.9%) 199 (32.4%) 163 (36.4%) 271 (31.3%) 151 (27.2%) 95 (25.5%)
Technical 63 (8.4%) 14 (2.2%) 3 (0.5%) 2 (0.4%) 16 (1.8%) 7 (1.3%) 1 (0.3%)
Other 49 (6.5%) 62 (9.7%) 68 (11.1%) 35 (7.8%) 77 (8.9%) 38 (6.8%) 31 (8.3%)
Multiple Organ Failure 111 (14.8%) 58 (9.1%) 31 (5.0%) 23 (5.1%) 48 (5.5%) 39 (7.0%) 30 (8.1%)
Renal Failure 2 (0.3%) 4 (0.6%) 2 (0.3%) 8 (1.8%) 24 (2.8%) 19 (3.4%) 26 (7.0%)
Pulmonary 26 (3.5%) 18 (2.8%) 24 (3.9%) 10 (2.2%) 21 (2.4%) 10 (1.8%) 12 (3.2%)
Cerebrovascular 66 (8.8%) 21 (3.3%) 11 (1.8%) 7 (1.6%) 26 (3.0%) 18 (3.2%) 12 (3.2%)
Total N of Deaths 849 717 730 560 1,089 698 500
Percentages represent % of deaths in the respective time period. Total number of deaths includes deaths with unknown causes.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart TransplantsCause of Death for Age = 40-59 (Deaths: January 1994 – June 2012)
CAUSE OF DEATH 0-30 Days (N = 2,995)
31 Days – 1 Year
(N = 2,458)
>1 Year – 3 Years
(N = 1,816)
>3 Years – 5 Years
(N =1,682)
>5 Years –10 Years
(N = 4,587)
>10 Years – 15 Years (N = 3,182)
>15 Years (N = 1,700)
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy 48 (1.6%) 106 (4.3%) 248 (13.7%) 259 (15.4%) 671 (14.6%) 453 (14.2%) 202 (11.9%)
Acute Rejection 147 (4.9%) 233 (9.5%) 163 (9.0%) 65 (3.9%) 76 (1.7%) 29 (0.9%) 9 (0.5%)
Lymphoma 2 (0.1%) 32 (1.3%) 47 (2.6%) 56 (3.3%) 176 (3.8%) 108 (3.4%) 50 (2.9%)
Malignancy, Other 4 (0.1%) 59 (2.4%) 224 (12.3%) 331 (19.7%) 998 (21.8%) 689 (21.7%) 346 (20.4%)
CMV 1 (0.0%) 31 (1.3%) 9 (0.5%) 4 (0.2%) 3 (0.1%) 2 (0.1%) 0
Infection, Non-CMV 382 (12.8%) 757 (30.8%) 221 (12.2%) 165 (9.8%) 489 (10.7%) 332 (10.4%) 211 (12.4%)
Graft Failure 1,160 (38.7%) 412 (16.8%) 492 (27.1%) 357 (21.2%) 794 (17.3%) 524 (16.5%) 255 (15.0%)
Technical 221 (7.4%) 33 (1.3%) 15 (0.8%) 17 (1.0%) 57 (1.2%) 47 (1.5%) 26 (1.5%)
Other 183 (6.1%) 182 (7.4%) 140 (7.7%) 128 (7.6%) 370 (8.1%) 213 (6.7%) 143 (8.4%)
Multiple Organ Failure 538 (18.0%) 376 (15.3%) 102 (5.6%) 105 (6.2%) 292 (6.4%) 247 (7.8%) 155 (9.1%)
Renal Failure 17 (0.6%) 23 (0.9%) 28 (1.5%) 57 (3.4%) 268 (5.8%) 256 (8.0%) 137 (8.1%)
Pulmonary 83 (2.8%) 83 (3.4%) 56 (3.1%) 81 (4.8%) 194 (4.2%) 135 (4.2%) 80 (4.7%)
Cerebrovascular 209 (7.0%) 131 (5.3%) 71 (3.9%) 57 (3.4%) 199 (4.3%) 147 (4.6%) 86 (5.1%)
Total N of Deaths 3,405 2,785 2,188 2,046 5,647 4,093 2,200
Percentages represent % of deaths in the respective time period. Total number of deaths includes deaths with unknown causes.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart TransplantsCause of Death for Age = 60-69 (Deaths: January 1994 – June 2012)
CAUSE OF DEATH 0-30 Days (N = 1,501)
31 Days – 1 Year
(N = 1,385)
>1 Year – 3 Years (N = 838)
>3 Years – 5 Years (N = 734)
>5 Years –10 Years
(N = 1,803)
>10 Years – 15 Years (N = 1,014)
>15 Years (N = 362)
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy 19 (1.3%) 28 (2.0%) 74 (8.8%) 62 (8.4%) 153 (8.5%) 80 (7.9%) 24 (6.6%)
Acute Rejection 51 (3.4%) 77 (5.6%) 37 (4.4%) 20 (2.7%) 26 (1.4%) 5 (0.5%) 0
Lymphoma 1 (0.1%) 16 (1.2%) 25 (3.0%) 30 (4.1%) 64 (3.5%) 18 (1.8%) 7 (1.9%)
Malignancy, Other 0 41 (3.0%) 170 (20.3%) 205 (27.9%) 463 (25.7%) 254 (25.0%) 71 (19.6%)
CMV 2 (0.1%) 13 (0.9%) 5 (0.6%) 1 (0.1%) 3 (0.2%) 1 (0.1%) 0
Infection, Non-CMV 230 (15.3%) 503 (36.3%) 139 (16.6%) 83 (11.3%) 235 (13.0%) 120 (11.8%) 36 (9.9%)
Graft Failure 583 (38.8%) 203 (14.7%) 151 (18.0%) 116 (15.8%) 249 (13.8%) 117 (11.5%) 54 (14.9%)
Technical 93 (6.2%) 25 (1.8%) 5 (0.6%) 6 (0.8%) 13 (0.7%) 5 (0.5%) 4 (1.1%)
Other 70 (4.7%) 73 (5.3%) 56 (6.7%) 63 (8.6%) 124 (6.9%) 74 (7.3%) 23 (6.4%)
Multiple Organ Failure 278 (18.5%) 239 (17.3%) 59 (7.0%) 49 (6.7%) 161 (8.9%) 99 (9.8%) 44 (12.2%)
Renal Failure 10 (0.7%) 16 (1.2%) 18 (2.1%) 26 (3.5%) 115 (6.4%) 116 (11.4%) 58 (16.0%)
Pulmonary 49 (3.3%) 72 (5.2%) 52 (6.2%) 38 (5.2%) 96 (5.3%) 49 (4.8%) 16 (4.4%)
Cerebrovascular 115 (7.7%) 79 (5.7%) 47 (5.6%) 35 (4.8%) 101 (5.6%) 76 (7.5%) 25 (6.9%)
Total N of Deaths 1,672 1,574 993 892 2,217 1,321 484
Percentages represent % of deaths in the respective time period. Total number of deaths includes deaths with unknown causes.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart TransplantsCause of Death for Age = 70+ (Deaths: January 1994 – June 2012)
CAUSE OF DEATH 0-30 Days (N = 52)
31 Days – 1 Year
(N = 65)
>1 Year – 3 Years (N = 39)
>3 Years – 5 Years (N = 26)
>5 Years –10 Years(N = 58)
>10 Years (N = 25)
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy 1 (1.9%) 2 (3.1%) 5 (12.8%) 2 (7.7%) 1 (1.7%) 1 (4.0%)
Acute Rejection 1 (1.9%) 3 (4.6%) 4 (10.3%) 0 0 0
Malignancy, non Lymphoma 0 2 (3.1%) 6 (15.4%) 9 (34.6%) 16 (27.6%) 6 (24.0%)
Infection, Non-CMV 9 (17.3%) 22 (33.8%) 7 (17.9%) 4 (15.4%) 5 (8.6%) 2 (8.0%)
Graft Failure 18 (34.6%) 12 (18.5%) 3 (7.7%) 5 (19.2%) 9 (15.5%) 5 (20.0%)
Technical 5 (9.6%) 0 0 0 4 (6.9%) 2 (8.0%)
Other 2 (3.8%) 2 (3.1%) 4 (10.3%) 1 (3.8%) 6 (10.3%) 1 (4.0%)
Multiple Organ Failure 11 (21.2%) 15 (23.1%) 6 (15.4%) 2 (7.7%) 4 (6.9%) 1 (4.0%)
Renal Failure 0 2 (3.1%) 0 0 7 (12.1%) 5 (20.0%)
Pulmonary 2 (3.8%) 3 (4.6%) 2 (5.1%) 1 (3.8%) 2 (3.4%) 1 (4.0%)
Cerebrovascular 3 (5.8%) 2 (3.1%) 2 (5.1%) 2 (7.7%) 4 (6.9%) 1 (4.0%)
Total N of Deaths 59 71 44 30 72 29
Percentages represent % of deaths in the respective time period. Total number of deaths includes deaths with unknown causes.JHLT. 2013 Oct; 32(10): 951-964
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Adult Heart TransplantsCumulative Incidence of Leading Causes of Death
Age Group = 18-39 Years (Transplants: January 2005 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5
-2%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%CAV Acute RejectionMalignancy (non-Lymph/PTLD) Graft FailureInfection
Years
Inci
denc
e of
Cau
se-S
peci
fic
Dea
ths
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Adult Heart Transplants Cumulative Incidence of Leading Causes of Death
Age Group = 40-59 Years (Transplants: January 2005 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5
-2%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%CAV Acute RejectionMalignancy (non-Lymph/PTLD) Graft FailureInfection
Years
Inci
denc
e of
Cau
se-S
peci
fic
Dea
ths
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Adult Heart Transplants Cumulative Incidence of Leading Causes of Death
Age Group = 60-69 Years (Transplants: January 2005 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5
-2%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%CAV Acute RejectionMalignancy (non-Lymph/PTLD) Graft FailureInfection
Years
Inci
denc
e of
Cau
se-S
peci
fic
Dea
ths
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Adult Heart Transplants Cumulative Incidence of Leading Causes of Death
Age Group = 70+ Years (Transplants: January 2005 – June 2011)
0 1 2 3 4 5
-2%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%CAV Acute RejectionMalignancy (non-Lymph/PTLD) Graft FailureInfection
Years
Inci
denc
e of
Cau
se-S
peci
fic
Dea
ths
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