Review Article
Heart Transplantation in Congenital Heart Disease: In Whom to Consider and When?
Table 4
Risk factors for heart transplantation according to Lamour et al. 2009 [
13].
| Variable | Relative risk | value |
| Early phase | | | Previous Fontan | 8.6 | 0.003 | Higher pretransplant mean RAP (only if previous Fontan) | 2.4 | <0.0001 | Longer ischemic time | 1.6 | 0.002 | Older recipient age | 1.5 | 0.02 | Interaction of donor age and ischemic time | 1.4 | 0.0007 | Constant phase | | | Previous classic Glenn operation | 3.1 | 0.01 | CMV +donor, CMV −recipient | 2.8 | 0.001 | Higher systolic transpulmonary gradient | 2.0 | 0.01 | Younger recipient age | 1.8 | 0.0001 | Univentricular heart, previous cardiac surgery, >1 year old | 6.48 | <0.0001 |
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RAP: right atrial pressure; CMV: cytomegalovirus.
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