TY - JOUR
T1 - Donor Troponin and Survival after Cardiac Transplantation
T2 - An Analysis of the United Network of Organ Sharing Registry
AU - Madan, Shivank
AU - Saeed, Omar
AU - Shin, Jooyoung
AU - Sims, Daniel
AU - Goldstein, Daniel
AU - Piña, Ileana
AU - Jorde, Ulrich
AU - Patel, Snehal R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Heart Association, Inc.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - Background-Despite a limited supply of organs, only 1 in 3 potential donor hearts is accepted for transplantation. Elevated donor troponin levels have generally been considered a contraindication to heart transplantation; however, the data supporting this practice are limited. Methods and Results-We identified 10 943 adult (≥18 years) heart transplant recipients in the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) database with preserved donor left ventricular ejection fraction (≥50%) and where peak donor troponin I values were available. When analyzed as a continuous variable, there was no association between peak donor troponin levels and recipient mortality up to 1 year follow-up in unadjusted (hazards ratio, 0.999; 95% confidence interval, 0.997-1.002; P=0.856) and adjusted Cox models (hazards ratio, 1.000; 95% confidence interval, 0.997-1.002; P=0.950). Next, we divided the entire cohort into 3 groups based on donor troponin I values: <1 ng/mL (n=7812), 1 to 10 ng/mL (n=2770), and >10 ng/mL (n=361). Using unadjusted and adjusted Cox models and Kaplan-Meier analysis, there was no significant difference in recipient mortality at 30 days, 1 year, 3 years, or 5 years between the 3 groups. Similarly, cardiac allograft vasculopathy up to 5 years and primary graft failure up to 30 days of follow-up post transplant did not differ between the 3 donor troponin groups. The median length of hospital stay post transplant was also similar across groups. Conclusions-Elevated donor troponin I levels in the setting of preserved left ventricular ejection fraction were not associated with intermediate-term mortality, cardiac allograft vasculopathy, or primary graft failure rates in hearts accepted for transplantation. This finding could help expand the donor pool.
AB - Background-Despite a limited supply of organs, only 1 in 3 potential donor hearts is accepted for transplantation. Elevated donor troponin levels have generally been considered a contraindication to heart transplantation; however, the data supporting this practice are limited. Methods and Results-We identified 10 943 adult (≥18 years) heart transplant recipients in the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) database with preserved donor left ventricular ejection fraction (≥50%) and where peak donor troponin I values were available. When analyzed as a continuous variable, there was no association between peak donor troponin levels and recipient mortality up to 1 year follow-up in unadjusted (hazards ratio, 0.999; 95% confidence interval, 0.997-1.002; P=0.856) and adjusted Cox models (hazards ratio, 1.000; 95% confidence interval, 0.997-1.002; P=0.950). Next, we divided the entire cohort into 3 groups based on donor troponin I values: <1 ng/mL (n=7812), 1 to 10 ng/mL (n=2770), and >10 ng/mL (n=361). Using unadjusted and adjusted Cox models and Kaplan-Meier analysis, there was no significant difference in recipient mortality at 30 days, 1 year, 3 years, or 5 years between the 3 groups. Similarly, cardiac allograft vasculopathy up to 5 years and primary graft failure up to 30 days of follow-up post transplant did not differ between the 3 donor troponin groups. The median length of hospital stay post transplant was also similar across groups. Conclusions-Elevated donor troponin I levels in the setting of preserved left ventricular ejection fraction were not associated with intermediate-term mortality, cardiac allograft vasculopathy, or primary graft failure rates in hearts accepted for transplantation. This finding could help expand the donor pool.
KW - allograft
KW - graft failure
KW - mortality
KW - transplantation
KW - troponin
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U2 - 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.115.002909
DO - 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.115.002909
M3 - Article
C2 - 27329985
AN - SCOPUS:84975856198
SN - 1941-3289
VL - 9
JO - Circulation: Heart Failure
JF - Circulation: Heart Failure
IS - 6
M1 - e002909
ER -