2021
Impact 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
2017
Inequity in organ allocation for patients awaiting liver transplantation: Rationale for uncapping the model for end-stage liver disease
Nadim MK, DiNorcia J, Ji L, Groshen S, Levitsky J, Sung RS, Kim WR, Andreoni K, Mulligan D, Genyk YS. Inequity in organ allocation for patients awaiting liver transplantation: Rationale for uncapping the model for end-stage liver disease. Journal Of Hepatology 2017, 67: 517-525. PMID: 28483678, PMCID: PMC7735955, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2017.04.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage liver diseaseLiver transplantMELD scoreLiver diseaseSick patientsLiver transplantationOrgan allocationEquitable organ distributionGreater MELD scoresPost-transplant outcomesOrgan Sharing dataPost-transplant survivalUnderwent liver transplantObjective scoring systemWaitlist registrationWaitlist mortalityHazard ratioSurvival benefitWaitlist candidatesUnited NetworkPatientsTransplantScoring systemMELDOrgan distribution