2021
Changes in Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices as Bridge to Transplantation With New Heart Allocation Policy
Mullan CW, Chouairi F, Sen S, Mori M, Clark KAA, Reinhardt SW, Miller PE, Fuery MA, Jacoby D, Maulion C, Anwer M, Geirsson A, Mulligan D, Formica R, Rogers JG, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Changes in Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices as Bridge to Transplantation With New Heart Allocation Policy. JACC Heart Failure 2021, 9: 420-429. PMID: 33714748, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2021.01.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDonor heart allocation systemNumber of patientsHeart allocation systemVentricular assist deviceWaitlist survivalAssist deviceNew heart allocation policyLeft ventricular assist deviceAllocation system changePost-transplant mortalityOrgan Sharing databaseOutcomes of patientsPost-transplantation outcomesProportion of patientsTime of transplantContinuous-flow LVADPost-transplantation survivalHeart allocation policyNew allocation systemBaseline recipientStatus 1AHeart transplantationIschemic timeLVAD implantationTransplant listImpact of the new heart allocation policy on patients with restrictive, hypertrophic, or congenital cardiomyopathies
Chouairi F, Mullan CW, Sen S, Mori M, Fuery M, Elder RW, Lesse J, Norton K, Clark KA, Miller PE, Mulligan D, Formica R, Rogers JG, Jacoby D, Maulion C, Anwer M, Geirsson A, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Impact of the new heart allocation policy on patients with restrictive, hypertrophic, or congenital cardiomyopathies. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0247789. PMID: 33651802, PMCID: PMC7924739, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247789.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital heart diseaseAllocation system changeHeart allocation systemNew heart allocation policyNew heart allocation systemTransplantation of patientsOrgan Sharing databasePost-transplantation outcomesPost-transplant survivalTime of transplantationMechanical circulatory supportRate of transplantationNumber of patientsHeart allocation policyNew allocation systemStatus 1ACardiac transplantAdult patientsSharing databaseWaitlist survivalCirculatory supportClinical benefitCongenital cardiomyopathyUnited NetworkCHD patients
2004
Liver transplantation for hepatocellular cancer: The impact of the MELD allocation policy
Wiesner RH, Freeman RB, Mulligan DC. Liver transplantation for hepatocellular cancer: The impact of the MELD allocation policy. Gastroenterology 2004, 127: s261-s267. PMID: 15508092, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2004.09.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNumber of patientsHepatocellular cancerHCC patientsWaiting listLiver transplantationDeceased donorsExcellent long-term survivalPost-MELD eraAdvanced stage diseaseLiver transplant candidatesLong-term survivalHigh mortality rateProgression of HCCHCC recipientsPosttransplant survivalStage diseaseTransplant candidatesUnited NetworkDonor organsLower incidenceMortality ratePatientsAdvanced stageEarly assessmentTransplantation