This section of the 30th official Registry report of 2013 summarizes data from 43,428 adult lung and 3,703 adult heart-lung transplant recipients and their donors for transplants that occurred through June 30, 2012. This report describes donor and recipient characteristics, transplant type, and recipient outcomes data. The full Registry slide set available online (www.ishlt.org/registries) provides more detail, additional analyses, and other information not included in this printed report. For the first time, the Registry report focuses on an overall theme of recipient and donor age and incorporates new age-related analyses into its annual update.
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