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Clinical outcomes of older adults listed for heart transplantation in the United States

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To examine if older age (>70 years) should be a relative contraindication for heart transplantation, we evaluated the characteristics and outcomes of patients with age ≥70 years listed for heart transplantation; and… Click to show full abstract

To examine if older age (>70 years) should be a relative contraindication for heart transplantation, we evaluated the characteristics and outcomes of patients with age ≥70 years listed for heart transplantation; and whether post‐transplantation survival was inferior to younger counterparts.

Keywords: outcomes older; clinical outcomes; listed heart; transplantation; heart transplantation

Journal Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year Published: 2021

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