title: On the allocation of cardiac allografts from blood group-O donors.
abstract: An organ allocation policy, in which hearts from blood group-O donors are used to transplant recipients with other blood groups (ABO-compatible, non-identical transplantations), may affect blood group-O patients on the waiting list. We investigated how blood group affiliation influences potential recipients on the waiting list. In the case of patients with blood group O, fewer patients were transplanted, waiting list mortality was higher and waiting time to transplantation was longer. Patients with blood group O awaiting cardiac transplantation are affected considerably by an organ allocation policy in which ABO-compatible, non-identical transplantations are performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rexius
authors.forename: Folke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jeppsson
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013548:Sweden; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014850:Waiting Lists
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System