Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Heart Recipients

Primary Diagnosis Year of Transplant
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 2,343 2,293 2,348 2,188 2,199 2,202 2,155 2,057 2,016 2,126
Coronary Artery Disease 1,088 1,058 1,103 974 989 931 924 865 771 820
Cardiomyopathy 1,003 972 998 1,021 984 1,030 969 967 991 1,036
Congenital Heart Disease 168 184 173 135 154 175 186 174 193 198
Valvular Heart Disease 63 54 57 37 57 54 55 40 45 43
Other 11 14 7 11 4 8 14 4 8 21
Unknown 10 11 10 10 11 4 7 7 8 8
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Coronary Artery Disease 46.4% 46.1% 47.0% 44.5% 45.0% 42.3% 42.9% 42.1% 38.2% 38.6%
Cardiomyopathy 42.8% 42.4% 42.5% 46.7% 44.7% 46.8% 45.0% 47.0% 49.2% 48.7%
Congenital Heart Disease 7.2% 8.0% 7.4% 6.2% 7.0% 7.9% 8.6% 8.5% 9.6% 9.3%
Valvular Heart Disease 2.7% 2.4% 2.4% 1.7% 2.6% 2.5% 2.6% 1.9% 2.2% 2.0%
Other 0.5% 0.6% 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 0.4% 1.0%
Unknown 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants, other than heart-lung, in which a deceased donor heart was one of the organs transplanted.