Trends in the Use of Inotropes to List Adult Heart Transplant Candidates at Status 1A [Original Articles]

Conclusions After the wider geographic sharing of hearts in 2006, transplant programs used multiple inotropes to list candidates at status 1A more frequently with progressively lower doses. Concurrently, the status 1A inotrope candidate waitlist outcomes improved substantially. These trends suggest that overtreatment with multiple inotropes contributes to the current critical excess of status 1A candidates.
Source: Circulation: Heart Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Heart Failure, Transplantation, Ethics and Policy Original Articles Source Type: research