Early and Midterm Results of Orthotopic Heart Transplantation in Poland (2015-2019)

Marcin Maruszewski; Jacek Wojarski; Wojtek Karolak; Jan Rogowski; Joanna Tobiasz; Joanna Polanska; Sławomir Żegleń

doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2022.03.008

Early and Midterm Results of Orthotopic Heart Transplantation in Poland (2015-2019)

Transplant Proc. 2022 May;54(4):1060-1064. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2022.03.008. Epub 2022 May 3.

Authors

Marcin Maruszewski¹, Jacek Wojarski², Wojtek Karolak², Jan Rogowski², Joanna Tobiasz³, Joanna Polanska³, Sławomir Żegleń⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: m.maruszewski@uksw.edu.pl.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery and Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
³ Electronics and Computer Science/Department of Data Science and Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland.
⁴ Department of Histology, University of Opole, Opole, Poland; Department of Pneumonology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.

PMID: 35523596
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2022.03.008

Abstract

Orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) has become one of the most expensive and resource-consuming treatment options for patients with end-stage heart failure. It is therefore useful to review clinical data, such as treatment duration after surgery and midterm follow-up in this group of patients. Contemporary epidemiologic data on early and midterm OHT follow-ups including patient demographics, hospitalization rates and related post-OHT morbidity, and mortality are scarce in Poland. The aim of the study was to determine early survival, hospitalization rates related to OHT and related morbidity, and mortality in Poland in the recent decade.

MeSH terms

Heart Failure*
Heart Transplantation* / methods
Humans
Poland
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome