Estimated Longitudinal Survival
Long-term Kaplan Meier survival rates among low-, mid-, and high-acceptance terciles were comparable at 1-year and 5-years (Figure 1a ).
Of OHT recipients of whom accepted donors were >40 years old, 1-year (89.4% vs 88.3% vs 88.7%) and 5-year (76.3% vs 74.8% vs 75.9%) posttransplant survival were comparable across acceptance terciles (p=0.89) (Figure 1b ). For recipients of donors with LVEF <60%, survival at 1-year (99.8% vs 90.9% vs 91.6%) and 5-years (78.4% vs 80.1% vs 80.9%) was similar across terciles (p=0.12) (Figure 2a ). Recipients who were transplanted with donors from >500 miles from their transplant center also had comparable survival at 1-year (92.7% vs 91.6% vs 89.3%) and 5-years (78.5% vs 77.8% vs 77.7%) regardless of center volume tercile (p=0.89) (Figure 2b ). Furthermore, posttransplant survival from donors with >50 offers were also similar at 1-year (92.6% vs 95.2% vs 89.5%) and 5-years (77.3% vs 80.3% vs 76.9%) among the three terciles (p=0.34) (Figure 3a ). Finally, recipients who were transplanted with HBV, HCV or HIV positive donor hearts also had comparable survival between the acceptance-based center terciles at 1-year (85.0% vs 91.6% vs 91.0%) and 5-years (69.7% vs 72.4% vs 78.2%) post-OHT (p=0.24) (Figure 3b ).