Heart Transplantation in Elderly Patients

Purpose Heart transplantation (HTx) is routine in many eligible patients of different ages including elderly. We investigated the 5 year to 10 year survival outcomes of elderly heart transplantation patients by analyzing the UNOS database. Methods 51,899 patients underwent heart transplantation that were reviewed from the UNOS database (1987-2014). HTx patients were divided into two different age groups based on recipient age, <70 and ≥70 years...