Table 3.15

Reasons for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs, 1993 to 2002

Heart

Reason for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs	Year
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Total	1,174	1,292	1,459	1,568	1,603	1,749	2,002	2,010	2,051	2,215
Cardiac Arrest	43	48	49	36	34	36	31	36	35	35
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	21	24	15	21	53	64	64	61	74	94
Poor Organ Function/Infection	603	682	865	907	935	962	1,217	1,228	1,255	1,324
Donor Medical/Social History	107	149	155	194	174	247	213	194	223	241
Biopsy Findings	-	3	2	1	2	8	2	-	-	6
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1	8	43	64	77	78	73	97	120	107	115
No Recipient Found (2)	98	107	101	101	135	127	164	167	169	171
Other	294	232	207	228	188	227	214	204	188	229
Unknown	-	4	1	3	4	5	-	-	-	-
Total (%)	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Cardiac Arrest	3.7%	3.7%	3.4%	2.3%	2.1%	2.1%	1.5%	1.8%	1.7%	1.6%
Organ Unsatisfactory (1)	1.8%	1.9%	1.0%	1.3%	3.3%	3.7%	3.2%	3.0%	3.6%	4.2%
Poor Organ Function/Infection	51.4%	52.8%	59.3%	57.8%	58.3%	55.0%	60.8%	61.1%	61.2%	59.8%
Donor Medical/Social History	9.1%	11.5%	10.6%	12.4%	10.9%	14.1%	10.6%	9.7%	10.9%	10.9%
Biopsy Findings	-	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	-	-	0.3%
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1	0.7%	3.3%	4.4%	4.9%	4.9%	4.2%	4.8%	6.0%	5.2%	5.2%
No Recipient Found (2)	8.3%	8.3%	6.9%	6.4%	8.4%	7.3%	8.2%	8.3%	8.2%	7.7%
Other	25.0%	18.0%	14.2%	14.5%	11.7%	13.0%	10.7%	10.1%	9.2%	10.3%
Unknown	-	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	-	-	-	-

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2003.

(%) = Percentages are based on totals including missing and unknown.

(-) = None in category.

(1) = Organ Unsatisfactory: Organ Damage or Anatomic Abnormalities.

(2) = No Recipient Found: Recipient Not Located or List Exhausted.

Reasons for non-recovery are shown for all organs from deceased donors who donated at least one solid organ.

Hearts recovered for valves are excluded.