The effect of physiological pacing on patient survival: Experience from a national registry

EP Europace ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. A64-A64
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-194
Author(s):  
Lucio Ventura-Ríos ◽  
David Bañuelos-Ramírez ◽  
María del Carmen Hernández-Quiroz ◽  
Manuel Robles-San Román ◽  
Fedra Irazoque-Palazuelos ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Songfeng Yu ◽  
Cao Cen ◽  
Xuanyu Zhang ◽  
Longyu Cheng ◽  
Weiliang Xia ◽  
...  

Abstract Background and purposeDonor shortage has become worldwide limitation in liver transplantation. Use of HBsAg+ donors could be an alternative source of donor organs. This study aims to prove the safety and efficacy of liver transplantation using HBsAg+ liver grafts and its long-term outcome.MethodsThis was a retrospective study of adults liver transplantation registered in the database of the China Liver Transplant Registry between January 2015 and September 2018. By propensity score matching (1:1), 503 eligible patients who received HBsAg+ liver grafts were compared with 503 matched patients who received HBsAg- liver grafts.ResultsThe 1-, 3- and 4-year patient survival rates were 81.52%, 72.04% and 70.03% in HBsAg+ donor group, that were comparable to 83.93%, 77.27% and 75.52% in HBsAg- donor group (p=0.222). The 1-, 3- and 4-year graft survival rates were also comparable between the two groups (81.49%, 71.45% and 70.24% vs. 83.62%, 77.11% and 75.32%, respectively, p=0.243). Most main complications were not increased in HBsAg+ donor group except for the retaining of HBsAg positivity after liver transplantation. Furthermore, transplanting HBsAg+ liver grafts did not result in inferior outcomes either in HBsAg+ or HBsAg- recipients. The risk of tumor recurrence after liver transplantation was neither increased in hepatocellular carcinoma patients. ConclusionsThe outcomes of using HBsAg+ liver grafts were comparable with those of HBsAg- liver grafts. Our study provided strong evidence for the safe use of HBsAg+ grafts to expand the donor liver pool.


2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 616-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan B. Massie ◽  
Babak J. Orandi ◽  
Madeleine M. Waldram ◽  
Xun Luo ◽  
Anh Q. Nguyen ◽  
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