Thoracic retransplantation : Does time to retransplantation matter?

Copyright © 2022 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved..

OBJECTIVE: For some individuals, chronic allograft failure is best treated with retransplantation. We sought to determine if time to retransplantation impacts short- and long-term outcomes for heart or lung retransplant recipients with a time to retransplantation more than 1 year.

METHODS: The United Network for Organ Sharing/Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network STAR file was queried for all adult, first-time heart (June 1, 2006, to September 30, 2020) and lung (May 1, 2005, to September 30, 2020) retransplantations with a time to retransplantation of at least 1 year. Patients were grouped according to the tertile of time to retransplantation (tertile 1: 1-7.7 years, tertile 2: 7.7-14.7 years, tertile 3: 14.7+ years; lung: tertile 1: 1-2.8 years, tertile 2: 2.8-5.6 years, tertile 3: 5.6+ years). The primary outcome was survival after retransplantation. Comparative statistics identified differences in groups, and Kaplan-Meier methods and a Cox proportional hazard model were used for survival analysis.

RESULTS: After selection, 908 heart and 871 lung retransplants were identified. Among heart retransplant recipients, tertile 1 was associated with male sex, smoking history, higher listing status, and increased mechanical support pretransplant. Tertile 3 had the highest rate of concomitant kidney transplant; however, the incidence of morbidity and in-hospital mortality was similar among the groups. Unadjusted and adjusted analyses revealed no survival difference among all groups. Regarding lung retransplant recipients, tertile 1 was associated with increased lung allocation score, pretransplant hospitalization, and mechanical support. Unadjusted and adjusted survival analyses revealed decreased survival in tertile 1.

CONCLUSIONS: Time to retransplant does not appear to affect heart recipients with a time to retransplantation of more than 1 year; however, shorter time to retransplantation for prior lung recipients is associated with decreased survival. Potential lung retransplant candidates with a time to retransplantation of less than 2.8 years should be carefully evaluated before retransplantation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:166

Enthalten in:

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 166(2023), 6 vom: 14. Dez., Seite 1529-1541.e4

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ganapathi, Asvin M [VerfasserIn]
Heh, Victor [VerfasserIn]
Rosenheck, Justin P [VerfasserIn]
Keller, Brian C [VerfasserIn]
Mokadam, Nahush A [VerfasserIn]
Lampert, Brent C [VerfasserIn]
Whitson, Bryan A [VerfasserIn]
Henn, Matthew C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Heart transplant
Journal Article
Lung transplant
Retransplantation
Transplant outcomes

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Date Completed 14.11.2023

Date Revised 22.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.05.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM345672429