Higher Survival Benefit After 2018 U.S. Heart Transplantation Allocation Policy Change – American College of Cardiology
The 2018 U.S. heart allocation policy change has resulted in an increased survival benefit of heart transplantation due to improved stratification and prioritization of transplant candidates, according to a study published July 7 in JACC: Heart Failure. Stratton B. Tolmie, BA, et al., investigated the association between the 2018 policy change, which was implemented to increase heart transplantation in the most medically urgent candidates, and survival benefit. They included 23,043 adult heart transplant
