OUTCOMES
HEART TRANSPLANTATION
TRANSPLANT & MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT
From the inception of the cardiac transplant program in 1980 through December 2015 , UAB transplant surgeons have performed 1,011 heart transplants ( including heart , heart-lung , and heart-kidney procedures ).
• UAB performed 208 heart transplants from 2009 through 2015 .
• Our foundation for success is a close working collaboration between the surgical heart transplant team and the advanced heart failure cardiologists .
• Heart transplantation continues to be a high-profile program within the UAB Division of Transplantation , with greater than 90 % survival at 2 years .
OUTCOMES
Total Heart Transplants : 2009 – 2015 , N = 208
50 |
20 |
29 |
43 |
* 26 |
* 34 |
* 29 * 27 |
0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
* Pediatric Heart Transplant Program moved to Children ’ s of Alabama in 2012 .
Primary Isolated Adult Heart Transplants : 01 / 01 / 2010 – 12 / 31 / 2015 , N = 114
100 90 80
Percent Survival
70 60 50 40 30 20 10
Years After Transplant Survival
1 95 % 2 92 % 3 88 %
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Years After Transplant |
114 |
91 |
72 |
51 |
34 |
16 |
0 |
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Number at Risk |
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