Early Outcomes of Multivisceral Transplant Using Hepatitis C-Positive Donors.
Ann Thorac Surg
; 112(2): 511-518, 2021 08.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
In the era of direct-acting antiviral therapies, hepatitis C-positive organs offer a strategy to expand the donor pool. Heart failure patients with concomitant renal insufficiency benefit from combined heart/kidney transplant. In 2017, we began utilizing organs from hepatitis C donors for heart/kidney transplants.METHODS:
Characteristics and outcomes of heart/kidney transplants were collected at our institution from 2012 through 2019. We determined patient cohorts by donor hepatitis C antibody status, antibody positive (HCV+) vs antibody negative (HCV-). Outcomes of interest include survival, postoperative allograft function, and waitlist time. Summary and descriptive statistics, as well as survival analyses, were performed.RESULTS:
Thirty-nine patients underwent heart/kidney transplantation from 2012-2019. Twelve patients received HCV+ organs, and 27 patients received HCV- organs with minimal differences in donor and recipient cohort characteristics. Recipients who consented to receive HCV+ organs had a shorter median waitlist time. HCV+ and HCV- groups had similar perioperative and early postoperative cardiac function and similar rates of delayed renal graft function. HCV+ recipients demonstrated higher creatinine levels at 3 months posttransplant compared with HCV- recipients, but by 1-year post-transplant, creatinine levels in both groups were similar. The groups had similar 30-day and 1-year survival.CONCLUSIONS:
This study is a single-center series of heart/kidney transplant using HCV+ donors. When the potential increased risk of early postoperative renal dysfunction is balanced against similar survival and decreased waitlist time, the results suggest that HCV+ donors are an important source of transplantable organs for heart/kidney transplantation.
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Asunto principal:
Donantes de Tejidos
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Trasplante de Órganos
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Hepacivirus
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Anticuerpos contra la Hepatitis C
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Hepatitis C Crónica
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Selección de Donante
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Revista:
Ann Thorac Surg
Año:
2021
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Article