Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1996 to 2005

Heart Recipients

Type of Procedure 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
Heterotopic 7 15 17 21 6 2 4 2 2 3
Orthotopic 2,272 2,268 2,321 2,155 2,191 2,200 2,151 2,055 2,014 2,076
Unknown 64 10 10 12 2 - - - - 47
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Heterotopic 0.3% 0.7% 0.7% 1.0% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
Orthotopic 97.0% 98.9% 98.9% 98.5% 99.6% 99.9% 99.8% 99.9% 99.9% 97.6%
Unknown 2.7% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% - - - - 2.2%


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.