Recipient and Donor Characteristics - Impact on Outcome after Heart Transplantation
Heart transplantation (HTx) is severely limited by a shortage of donors. This thesis aimed to investigate the effectof variables used to match donors to recipients in HTx.Methods: Data from the ISHLT registry was used to study: I: Identical versus compatible non-identical ABOmatchingin 3,589 AB HTx recipients. II: Outcomes of 94 ABO-incompatible transplants were compared to anABO-compatible group.