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Editor(s)-in-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D.; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [1]

Epidemiology and Demographics

Reporting of transplant statistics to the Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) is required in the US, but not other countries. According to ISHLT:

  • 5000 heart transplants are performed per year worldwide
  • 10-20 heart transplants per year are performed at each center
  • 50-59 years is the average age of heart transplant recipients
  • 10:1 is the ratio of awaiting recipients to donors
  • 207 hospitals performed heart transplants in 207
  • 51% of heart transplants are performed for non-ischemic cardiomyopathy and 38% are performed for ischemic heart disease [1]

References

  1. Taylor, DO, Stehlik, J, Edwards, LB, et al. Registry of the international society for heart and lung transplantation: twenty-sixth official adult heart transplant report-2009. J Heart Lung Transplant 2009; 28:1007.


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