a Intravenous inotropes and/or intra-aortic balloon
pump and/or temporary mechanical circulatory assistance
Figure 1 – Donors flowchart. The actual number of accepted donors was
137 (59 transplants plus 78 that were rejected due to transportation
unavailable)
Figure 2 – Bubble plot of donor scoring distribution according to
recipient’s priority state prior to heart transplantation
Figure 3 – Actuarial survival plots by heart donor risk profile. Red
line (0): patients transplanted with hearts from low-risk donor
(<17 points); blue line (1): patients transplanted with hearts
from high-risk donor (>17 points).
Figure 4 – Actuarial survival plots after heart transplantation by
recipient’s age. Solid red line: recipient’s age less than 50 years with
correspondent 95% confidence intervals; solid blue line: recipient’s
age greater than 50 years with correspondent 95% confidence intervals.