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Table 13.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1998 to 2007

Heart-Lung Recipients

Primary Diagnosis Year of Transplant
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 47 51 48 27 33 29 40 35 31 29
Congenital Disease 18 20 21 10 10 11 11 8 6 3
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 9 10 8 7 13 5 12 10 10 7
Cystic Fibrosis 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 2
Emphysema/COPD 4 3 3 - - - 1 - 1 -
Other 3 3 2 4 - 3 7 6 3 6
Unknown 12 14 13 6 9 9 8 10 10 11
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Congenital Disease 38.3% 39.2% 43.8% 37.0% 30.3% 37.9% 27.5% 22.9% 19.4% 10.3%
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 19.1% 19.6% 16.7% 25.9% 39.4% 17.2% 30.0% 28.6% 32.3% 24.1%
Cystic Fibrosis 2.1% 2.0% 2.1% - 3.0% 3.4% 2.5% 2.9% 3.2% 6.9%
Emphysema/COPD 8.5% 5.9% 6.3% - - - 2.5% - 3.2% -
Other 6.4% 5.9% 4.2% 14.8% - 10.3% 17.5% 17.1% 9.7% 20.7%
Unknown 25.5% 27.5% 27.1% 22.2% 27.3% 31.0% 20.0% 28.6% 32.3% 37.9%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2008.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which a heart and a lung were among the organs transplanted.



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