Under-Capture of Candidates Supported by Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support in the OPTN STAR Registry.

Daniel J Ahn, Antony Attia, Toshihiro Nakayama, William F Parker, Kiran K Khush

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Article in JACC. Advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Daniel J AhnStanford University, Stanford, California, USA; Stanford Transplant Outcomes Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA; Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA. Electronic address: djahn@stanford.edu.

Antony AttiaStanford University, Stanford, California, USA; Stanford Transplant Outcomes Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.

Toshihiro NakayamaStanford University, Stanford, California, USA; Stanford Transplant Outcomes Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.

William F ParkerUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Kiran K KhushStanford University, Stanford, California, USA; Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.

Funding

Stanford Integrated Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Residency Research Training ProgramR38HL143615 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Michael Peter Fischbein, Marlene Rabinovitch · 2020 to 2026

$2.2M

Improving the efficiency and equity of critical care allocation during a crisis with place-based disadvantage indicesR01LM014263 · NLM · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI William F Parker · 2023 to 2026

$2.0M

Data-Driven Solutions for Heart Allocation Policy Challenges: the LVAD Dilemma and the Status Exception CrisisF32HL189471 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI DANIEL JAECHUL AHN · 2026 to 2026

$105k

NHLBI NIH HHS F32 HL189471NHLBI NIH HHS R38 HL143615NLM NIH HHS R01 LM014263

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Identifiers

PMID42721605

DOI10.1016/j.jacadv.2026.103213

PMCPMC13586792

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