Research Article

The Natural History of Biopsy-Negative Rejection after Heart Transplantation

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the patients with treated BNR.

Baseline characteristicsBNR patients ( )

Mean recipient age, years SD
Mean donor age, years SD
Recipient BMI, mean SD
Mean ischemic time, mins SD
Primary reason for transplant, coronary artery disease as underlying diagnosis (%)6/11 (55%)
Recipient race, African American (%)1/11 (9%)
Female (%)1/11 (9%)
Status 1 at listing (%)10/11 (91%)
CMV mismatch (%)1/11 (9%)
Diabetes mellitus (%)4/11 (36%)
Treated hypertension (%)7/11 (64%)
Previous blood transfusion (%)0/11 (0%)
Insertion of ventricular assist device (%)5/11 (45%)
Pretransplant PRA 10%0/11 (0%)