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 ).