Abstract:Background: This study evaluated the impact of various sizing metrics on
outcomes of female donor to male recipient orthotopic heart
transplantation (OHT). Methods: We queried the United Network of Organ
Sharing database to analyze all isolated, primary adult OHTs from
1/12010-3/20/2020. Patients were stratified by donor-recipient sex
pairing. Logistic regression was used to investigate risk-adjusted
effects of current size matching criteria (weight ratio, body mass index
(BMI) ratio, predicted heart mass (pHM… Show more
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