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Outcomes of Over 1000 Heart Transplants Using Hepatitis C-Positive Donors in the Modern Era

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Submitted by

Cameron Lind

Source

Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.11.002

Author(s)

Jennie H. Kwon, MD, Morgan A. Hill, BS, Raj Patel, BS, Ryan J. Tedford, MD, Zubair A. Hashmi, MD, Khaled Shorbaji, MD, Lauren V. Huckaby, MD, MS, Brett A. Welch, MBA, MHA, and Arman Kilic, MD

Because of advances in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV), an increasing number of HCV-positive donors have become eligible to donate for heart transplant. This study aimed to conclude just how large that increase has been and the resulting outcomes. Researchers found that HCV-positive heart transplants have increased one-hundred-fold in recent years and recipients of those hearts have had acceptable outcomes similar to recipients of HCV-negative organs.