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
2016
Attitudes toward organ donation among waitlisted transplant patients: results of a cross‐sectional survey
Merola J, Pei K, Rodriguez‐Davalos M, Gan G, Deng Y, Mulligan DC, Davis KA. Attitudes toward organ donation among waitlisted transplant patients: results of a cross‐sectional survey. Clinical Transplantation 2016, 30: 1449-1456. PMID: 27582432, PMCID: PMC5093046, DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12839.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCross-sectional surveyOrgan donationWaitlisted candidatesMinority of patientsDonor registration ratesDonation eligibilityTransplant patientsWaitlisted patientsPatients' willingnessGeneral populationOrgan donorsOrgan shortageMedical treatmentPatientsOrgan allocationDonation ratesTransplantationRegistration ratesDonationMajor barrierPopulationDonorsWaitlistPhysiciansDemographics