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Spanish heart transplant registry. 35th official report of the Heart Failure Association of the Spanish Society of Cardiology

Our aim was to describe the characteristics and outcomes of heart transplants in Spain. We analyzed trends in recipient and donor characteristics, recipient-donor interaction, surgical procedures, immunosuppression, and outcomes of patients included in the Spanish heart transplant registry from 2014...

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Published in:Revista española de cardiología (English ed.) 2024-11, Vol.77 (11), p.926-935
Main Authors: González-Vílchez, Francisco, Almenar-Bonet, Luis, Mitroi, Cristina, Crespo-Leiro, María G., López-Granados, Amador, Valero, María, Delgado-Jiménez, Juan F., Mirabet-Pérez, Sonia, Sobrino-Márquez, José M., García-Romero, Elena
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Summary:Our aim was to describe the characteristics and outcomes of heart transplants in Spain. We analyzed trends in recipient and donor characteristics, recipient-donor interaction, surgical procedures, immunosuppression, and outcomes of patients included in the Spanish heart transplant registry from 2014 to 2023. Changes in survival were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method. In 2023, 325 cardiac transplants were performed (4.5% more than in the previous year), with a total of 2987 procedures from 2014 to 2023. There was a trend toward performing more transplants in women (29.2%), with etiologies other than cardiomyopathy (32.6%), and with better pretransplant status (less hepatic [12.5%], renal [glomerular filtration rate, 81.5mL/min/1.73 m2], and respiratory [8.7%] involvement). In 2023, the number of urgent transplants increased (44% of the total), especially those performed after circulatory support with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (36% of total assistance), and transplants performed with donation after circulatory death (17.9%). Survival improved in the triennium from 2020 to 2022 compared with 2014 to 2016 (83.0% at 1 year from 2020-2022 vs 79.0% from 2014-2016). The number of transplants performed in Spain showed an upward trend, with recipients with better clinical status and an increasing use of donation after circulatory death. Survival improved in the last triennium. El objetivo es describir las características y los resultados del trasplante cardiaco en España. Se realizó un análisis de la evolución de las características de receptor, donante, interacción receptor-donante, inmunosupresión y resultados de los pacientes incluidos en el Registro español de trasplante cardiaco en el periodo 2014-2023. La evolución de la supervivencia se analizó mediante el método de Kaplan-Meier. En 2023 se realizaron 325 trasplantes cardiacos (el 4,5% más que el año anterior), con un total de 2.987 procedimientos en el periodo 2014-2023. Se comprobó una tendencia a trasplantar a más mujeres (29,2%), con etiologías diferentes de las dilatadas habituales (32,6%) y con mejor estado antes del trasplante (menos afecciones hepática [12,5%], renal [filtrado glomerular, 81,5 ml/min/1,73 m2] y respiratoria [8,7%]). En 2023 se incrementó el número de trasplantes urgentes (el 44% del total), sobre todo los realizados tras asistencia circulatoria con oxigenador extracorpóreo de membrana (el 36% del total de asistencias) y los trasplantes con donación en asistolia (17,9%).
ISSN:1885-5857
1885-5857
DOI:10.1016/j.rec.2024.05.015