Trends in Mechanical Support Use as a Bridge to Adult Heart Transplant Under New Allocation Rules

JAMA Cardiol. 2020 Jun 1;5(6):728-729. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.0667.

Abstract

This study investigates trends in mechanical support use after implementation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network’s new heart transplant allocation rules.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Catechols
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Guidelines as Topic*
  • Heart Failure / therapy*
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Heart-Assist Devices*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Thiazoles
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement / methods*

Substances

  • 2-(4,5-dihydro-1,3-thiazol-2-ylthio)-1-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethanone
  • Catechols
  • Thiazoles