title: [Heart transplantation in France: Current status].
abstract: The ratio of candidates per transplant is 2.1. Forty-eight percent of candidates have been transplanted within 12months of listing. Twenty-five French centers performed 397 heart transplants in 2012 (6.1 pmp). Forty-eight percent of patients receiving a transplant have an urgency status. One-year survival is 76%. The annual attrition rate is 2-3% in patients surviving the first year. Risk factors for 1-year mortality are donor specific, center specific and recipient specific. Patient-based graft allocation policy requires a reliable measure of mortality risk in candidates as well as of transplant benefit.
authors.affiliation: Agence de la biomédecine, direction prélèvement greffe organes-tissus, pôle stratégie prélèvement greffe, 93212 Saint-Denis La Plaine cedex, France. Electronic address: richard.dorent@biomedecine.fr.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dorent
authors.affiliation: Agence de la biomédecine, direction prélèvement greffe organes-tissus, pôle évaluation, 93212 Saint-Denis La Plaine cedex, France.
authors.forename: Christelle
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cantrelle
authors.affiliation: Agence de la biomédecine, direction prélèvement greffe organes-tissus, pôle évaluation, 93212 Saint-Denis La Plaine cedex, France.
authors.forename: Carine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jasseron
authors.affiliation: Agence de la biomédecine, direction prélèvement greffe organes-tissus, pôle évaluation, 93212 Saint-Denis La Plaine cedex, France.
authors.forename: Camille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Legeai
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016896:Treatment Outcome