Research Article
Current Practice of Heart Donor Evaluation in Germany: Multivariable Risk Factor Analysis Confirms Practicability of Guidelines
Table 1
Characteristics of heart transplants in Germany 2006–2010 (German donors only).
| Heart transplants, 2006–2010 () | Frequency | Percent |
| Recipient only received the heart | 1728 |
92.8 | Recipient received heart and other organs | 135 | 7.3 | Rescue allocation | 301 | 16.2 | Recipient at the highest urgency level (HU) | 1460 | 78.4 | Retransplantation | 43 | 2.3 | Matching gender between donor and recipienta | 1272 | 68.3 | Male donor/recipient femalea | 105 | 5.6 | Female donor/male recipienta | 485 | 26.0 | Age of recipients (mean/median [25%/75% percentiles]) in years | 46.5/51.0 [39/58] | Age of donors (mean/median [25%/75% percentiles]) in years | 39.0/43.0 [27/50] |
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Gender missing: .
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