The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
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J. Heart Lung Transplant. · Nov 2014
Centers for Disease Control "high-risk" donor status does not significantly affect recipient outcome after heart transplantation in children.
In 2004, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) added the label "high-risk donor" (HRD) for any organ donor who met the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) criteria for high-risk behavior for infection. The aim of this study was to calculate the rate of HRD graft use in heart transplantation in children and determine the differences in outcome from those who received standard-risk donor (SRD) grafts. ⋯ CDC HRD graft status does not appear to significantly affect recipient outcome after heart transplantation in children.