Outcomes of Lung Transplant Candidates Aged ≥70 Years During the Lung Allocation Score Era

ERS International Congress 2023: highlights from the Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation Assembly

“…Z hou et al . [ 41 ] observed a prominent increase in ≥70-year-old LuTx recipients (from 2.2% in 2005 to 14.3% in 2020), with a 83% increase in the number of LuTx performed in patients aged ≥70 years. Candidates ≥70 years had favourable waitlist outcomes (LuTx within 1 year since listing) in comparison to those 60–69 years old (81.2% and 72.7%, respectively; p=0.001).…”

“…The odds for death or deterioration within 1 year since listing were as well in favour of ≥70-year-old candidates, when compared to those aged 60–69 years (9.1% and 10.1%, respectively; p<0.001). Moreover, older recipients had superior perioperative outcomes in terms of acute rejection incidence (6.7% in patients aged ≥70 years, 7.4% in those aged 60–69 years and 9.2% in the group aged 18–59 years; p<0.001) and prolonged intubation (21.7% in ≥70 years, 27.4% in 60–69 years and 34.5% in the group aged 18–59 years; p<0.001) [ 41 ]. The study by S inger et al .…”