Impact of High-Priority Allocation on Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Hypertension Laurent Savale, MD, PhD, Jérôme Le Pavec, MD, PhD, Olaf Mercier, MD, PhD, Sacha Mussot, MD, Xavier Jaïs, MD, Dominique Fabre, MD, Caroline O’Connell, MD, David Montani, MD, PhD, François Stephan, MD, Olivier Sitbon, MD, PhD, Gérald Simonneau, MD, Philippe Dartevelle, MD, Marc Humbert, MD, PhD, Elie Fadel, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 104, Issue 2, Pages 404-411 (August 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.034 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Study population and outcomes while on the waiting list. (CTEPH = chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; DLT = double-lung transplantation; HLT = heart-lung transplantation; HPL = high-priority list; PAH = pulmonary arterial hypertension; PVOD = pulmonary venoocclusive disease.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, 404-411DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.034) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Cumulative incidence of death on waiting list or removal from the waiting list because of clinical worsening. (B) Cumulative incidence of transplantation in patients on the waiting list. (HPL = high-priority list.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, 404-411DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.034) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Overall survival curve after double-lung or heart-lung transplantation in the periods before and after implementation of the high-priority list (HPL). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, 404-411DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.034) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Overall survival curve after listing for double-lung or heart-lung transplantation before and after implementation of the high-priority list (HPL). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 104, 404-411DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.034) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions