Scientific publications
Spanish Heart Transplant Registry. 31th Official Report of the Heart Failure Association of the Spanish Society of Cardiology
Francisco González-Vilchez 1 , Luis Almenar-Bonet 2 , María G Crespo-Leiro 3 , Manuel Gómez-Bueno 4 , José González-Costello 5 , Félix Pérez-Villa 6 , Juan Delgado-Jiménez 7 , José María Arizón Del Prado 8 , José Manuel Sobrino-Márquez 9 , Iago Sousa Casasnovas 10 , Spanish Heart Transplant Teams; Collaborators in the Spanish Heart Transplant Registry, 1984-2019; Javier Segovia-Cubero 11 , Francisco Hernández-Pérez 11 , Soledad Martínez Penades 12 , Mónica Cebrián Pinar 12 , Raquel López Vilella 12 , Ignacio Sánchez-Lázaro 12 , Luis Martínez-Dolz 12 , María J Paniagua-Martín 13 , Eduardo Barge-Caballero 13 , Gonzalo Barge-Caballero 13 , David Couto-Mallón 13 , Amador López Granados 14 , Carmen Segura Saintgerons 14 , Víctor Menjíbar Pareja 14 , Francisco Carrasco Ávalos 14 , Manuel Cobo 15 , Miguel Llano-Cardenal 15 , José A Vázquez de Prada 15 , Francisco Nistal Herrera 15 , Zorba Blázquez 16 , María Jesús Valero 16 , Carlos Ortiz 16 , Eduardo Zataraín 16 , Adolfo Villa 16 , Paula Navas 16 , Manuel Martínez-Sellés 16 , M Dolores García Cosío 17 , Laura Morán Fernández 17 , Pedro Caravaca 17 , Vicens Brossa Loidi 18 , Eulàlia Roig Minguell 18 , Sonia Mirabet Pérez 18 , Laura López López 18 , Isabel Zegrí 18 , Diego Rangel Sousa 19 , Nicolas Manito Lorite 20 , Carles Díez Lopez 20 , Josep Roca Elias 20 , Elena García Romero 20 , Gregorio Rábago Juan-Aracil 21 , María Ángeles Castel 22 , Marta Farrero 22 , José Luis Lambert Rodríguez 23 , Beatriz Díaz Molina 23 , María José Bernardo Rodríguez 23 , Cristina Fidalgo Muñiz 23 , Manuela Camino López 24 , Juan Miguel Gil Jaurena 24 , Nuria Gil Villanueva 24 , Iris Garrido-Bravo 25 , Domingo A Pascual Figal 25 , Francisco J Pastor Pérez 25 , Teresa Blasco-Peiró 26 , Ana Portoles Ocampo 26 , Marisa Sanz Julve 26 , Luis de la Fuente Galán 27 , Javier Tobar Ruiz 27 , Amada Recio Platero 27 , Luis García-Guereta Silva 28 , Álvaro González Rocafort 28 , Carlos Labradero de Lera 28 , Luz Polo López 28 , Ferrán Gran Ipiña 29 , Dimpna C Albert Brotons 29 , Raúl Abella Antón 29 , Antonio García Quintana 30 , María Del Val Groba Marco 30
Introduction and objectives: The present report describes the clinical characteristics and outcomes of heart transplants in Spain and updates the data to 2019.
Methods: We describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of heart transplants performed in Spain in 2019, as well as trends in this procedure from 2010 to 2018.
Results: In 2019, 300 transplants were performed (8794 since 1984; 2745 between 2010 and 2019). Compared with previous years, the most notable findings were the decreasing rate of urgent transplants (38%), and the consolidation of the type of circulatory support prior to transplant, with an almost complete disappearance of counterpulsation balloon (0.7%), stabilization in the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (9.6%), and an increase in the use of ventricular assist devices (29.0%). Survival from 2016 to 2018 was similar to that from 2013 to 2015 (P=.34). Survival in both these periods was better than that from 2010 to 2012 (P=.002 and P=.01, respectively).
Conclusions: Heart transplant activity has remained stable during the last few years, as have outcomes (in terms of survival). There has been a trend to a lower rate of urgent transplants and to a higher use of ventricular assist devices prior to transplant.
CITATION Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2020 Nov;73(11):919-926. doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2020.06.035. Epub 2020 Oct 9.
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