Post-transplant survival after normothermic regional perfusion versus direct procurement and perfusion in donation after circulatory determination of death in heart transplantation

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BACKGROUND: Since 2019, the annual transplantation rate of hearts donated following circulatory death (DCD) has increased significantly in the United States. The 2 major heart procurement techniques following circulatory death are direct procurement and perfusion (DPP) and normothermic regional perfusion (NRP). Post-transplant survival for heart recipients has not been compared between these 2 techniques.

METHODS: This observational study uses data on adult heart transplants from donors after circulatory death from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021 in the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. We identified comparable transplant cases across procurement types using propensity-score matching and measured the association between procurement technique and 1-year post-transplant survival using Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards model stratefied by matching pairs.

RESULTS: Among 318 DCD heart transplants, 216 (68%) were procured via DPP, and 102 (32%) via NRP. Among 22 transplant centers that accepted circulatory-death donors, 3 used NRP exclusively, and 5 used both procurement techniques. After propensity-score matching on recipient and donor factors, there was no significant difference in 1-year post-transplant survival (93.1% for NRP vs 91.1% for DPP, p = 0.79) between procurement techniques.

CONCLUSIONS: NRP and DPP procurements are associated with similar 1-year post-transplant survival. If NRP is ethically permissible and improves outcomes for abdominal organs, it should be the preferred procurement technique for DCD hearts.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation - (2024) vom: 27. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ran, Gege [VerfasserIn]
Wall, Anji E [VerfasserIn]
Narang, Nikhil [VerfasserIn]
Khush, Kiran K [VerfasserIn]
Hoffman, Jordan R H [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Kevin C [VerfasserIn]
Parker, William F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Direct procurement and perfusion
Donation after circulatory death
Heart transplantation
Journal Article
Normothermic regional perfusion
Survival analysis

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Date Revised 10.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1016/j.healun.2024.02.1456

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NLM369133110