Impact of ABO compatibility on outcomes after heart transplantation in a national cohort during the past decade

Abstract

ABO-compatible transplantation does not result in adverse outcomes with respect to graft survival. Blood type O donor grafts, however, were associated with decreased survival. This has important implications for current graft allocation policies, particularly for type B recipients.

Assessment of Heart Transplant Waitlist Time and Pre- and Post-transplant Failure

“…Heart transplants are allocated according to blood type (ABO-identical or compatible) 11 , such that type AB patients can receive a donor heart of any blood type. Given this matching criterion, type O candidates will typically wait longer to receive a suitable heart than candidates of other blood types (assumption 1) 12–15 .…”

Pancreas transplantation using compatible but non‐identical ABO blood group donors

“…There are variable data on outcomes for liver, kidney, heart, lung, and intestine transplantation using NIC donors . There are, however, no data regarding pancreas transplantation using NIC donors.…”

“…There are variable data on outcomes for liver, kidney, heart, lung, and intestine transplantation using NIC donors. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] 19 Patients listed for SPK also have been shown to have higher life years from transplant (LYFT) than kidney recipients. 20 Thus, utilization of pancreas and kidney transplantation for this patient population can be considered as an optimal utilization of a limited resource.…”

Relationship of ABO Blood Type on Rotator Cuff Tears

“…With more than 20 years' follow‐up, the blood group O was related with lower risk of development of coronary heart disease even after investigators adjusted for cardiovascular risk factors [4]. Blood type O donor graft was also related with poorer outcome after heart transplantation [5].…”