Assessing donor-recipient size metrics for heart transplant outcomes: UNOS database analysis
database[Title] 2022-01-29
Summary:
CONCLUSIONS: While many metrics show association with survival in the non-restrictive subset, BMI is the only metric that retains significance in the restrictive subset. Recipients with restrictive and non-restrictive etiologies of heart failure tolerate size mismatch differently. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.