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BTT-ECMO Trends and Outcomes Under Revised Heart Allocation System.

Aniket S Rali, Het Patel, Matthew M Lander, Kaitlyn Brennan, John Trahanas, Kelly Schlendorf, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Manreet Kanwar

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Aniket S RaliDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Het PatelDepartment of Internal Medicine, Willis Knighton Health System, Shreveport, LA.
Matthew M LanderCardiovascular Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA.
Kaitlyn BrennanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
John TrahanasDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Kelly SchlendorfDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
JoAnn LindenfeldDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Manreet KanwarCardiovascular Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Under the revised UNOS heart allocation system, waitlist and post-transplant outcomes among patients bridged to transplant with VA-ECMO (BTT-ECMO) have improved. However, it remains largely unknown if these early trends have persisted over time. We queried the UNOS database for all adult heart-only BTT-ECMO recipients between January 2019 and December 2022. Our analysis shows that under the revised system, waitlist mortality and 1-year post-transplant outcomes have remained favorable, despite increased utilization of BTT-ECMO. This finding supports the original intent of the revised allocation system in ensuring more rapid transplantation of the sickest patients while avoiding a higher post-HT mortality.

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PMID40144834
PMCPMC11935475

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