Donor-recipient race mismatch and graft survival after pediatric heart transplantation. Kanter, K., Berg, A., Mahle, W., Vincent, R., Kilgo, P., Kogon, B., & Kirshbom, P. Ann Thorac Surg, 87(1):204–209, January, 2009.
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BACKGROUND: Black recipient race has been shown to predict poorer graft survival after pediatric heart transplantation. We analyzed our single-center experience comparing graft survival by race and the impact of donor-recipient race mismatch. METHODS: One hundred sixty-nine consecutive primary pediatric heart transplant patients were analyzed by donor and recipient race (white recipient, 99; black recipient, 60; other, 10). The groups were similar in preoperative characteristics. There were fewer donor-recipient race matches in blacks compared with whites (10 versus 71; p \textless 0.0001). RESULTS: Although 30-day and 6-month graft survival was similar for black and white recipients (93.9% and 85.8% versus 93.3% and 83.3%, respectively), overall actuarial graft survival was significantly lower in blacks (p \textless 0.019). Blacks tended to have a higher incidence of positive retrospective crossmatch (n = 26, 43%) than whites (n = 29, 29%), but this was not statistically significant (p = 0.053). The median graft survival for black recipients was 5.5 years compared with 11.6 years for whites. Donor-recipient race mismatch predicted poorer graft survival (5-year graft survival 48.9% versus 72.3%; p = 0.0032). The median graft survival for donor-recipient race-matched patients was more than twice that for mismatched patients (11.6 years versus 4.4 years). Cox proportional hazard analysis showed that donor-recipient race mismatch neutralized the effect of race on graft survival. CONCLUSIONS: Graft survival after pediatric heart transplantation is inferior for black recipients compared with white recipients. These differences may be explained by a high incidence of donor-recipient race mismatch, which also predicts poorer outcome for all racial groups with pediatric heart transplantation. These data may have implications for future donor allocation schemes.
@article{kanter_donor-recipient_2009,
	title = {Donor-recipient race mismatch and graft survival after pediatric heart transplantation.},
	volume = {87},
	url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19101298},
	doi = {10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.074},
	abstract = {BACKGROUND: Black recipient race has been shown to predict poorer graft survival after pediatric heart transplantation. We analyzed our single-center experience comparing graft survival by race and the impact of donor-recipient race mismatch. METHODS: One hundred sixty-nine consecutive primary pediatric heart transplant patients were analyzed by donor and recipient race (white recipient, 99; black recipient, 60; other, 10). The groups were similar in preoperative characteristics. There were fewer donor-recipient race matches in blacks compared with whites (10 versus 71; p {\textless} 0.0001). RESULTS: Although 30-day and 6-month graft survival was similar for black and white recipients (93.9\% and 85.8\% versus 93.3\% and 83.3\%, respectively), overall actuarial graft survival was significantly lower in blacks (p {\textless} 0.019). Blacks tended to have a higher incidence of positive retrospective crossmatch (n = 26, 43\%) than whites (n = 29, 29\%), but this was not statistically significant (p = 0.053). The median graft survival for black recipients was 5.5 years compared with 11.6 years for whites. Donor-recipient race mismatch predicted poorer graft survival (5-year graft survival 48.9\% versus 72.3\%; p = 0.0032). The median graft survival for donor-recipient race-matched patients was more than twice that for mismatched patients (11.6 years versus 4.4 years). Cox proportional hazard analysis showed that donor-recipient race mismatch neutralized the effect of race on graft survival. CONCLUSIONS: Graft survival after pediatric heart transplantation is inferior for black recipients compared with white recipients. These differences may be explained by a high incidence of donor-recipient race mismatch, which also predicts poorer outcome for all racial groups with pediatric heart transplantation. These data may have implications for future donor allocation schemes.},
	language = {eng},
	number = {1},
	journal = {Ann Thorac Surg},
	author = {Kanter, KR and Berg, AM and Mahle, WT and Vincent, RN and Kilgo, PD and Kogon, BE and Kirshbom, PM},
	month = jan,
	year = {2009},
	keywords = {Treatment Outcome},
	pages = {204--209}
}

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