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Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1999 to 2008

Heart Recipients

Type of Procedure Year of Transplant
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 2,188 2,199 2,202 2,155 2,057 2,015 2,125 2,193 2,209 2,163
Orthotopic 2,155 2,191 2,200 2,151 2,055 2,014 2,122 2,193 2,206 2,159
Heterotopic 21 6 2 4 2 1 3 - 3 2
Unknown 12 2 - - - - - - - 2
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Orthotopic 98.5% 99.6% 99.9% 99.8% 99.9% 100.0% 99.9% 100.0% 99.9% 99.8%
Heterotopic 1.0% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% - 0.1% 0.1%
Unknown 0.5% 0.1% - - - - - - - 0.1%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

(-) = 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.



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