Data from a new study shows that hearts from COVID-19 positive donors may be as safe to transplant as those from someone without the virus.
MONDAY, Oct. 31, 2022 -- A person with heart failure in dire need of a new heart may have faced delays in getting one during the pandemic when potential donors tested positive for COVID-19.
The study, to be presented at the American Heart Association's annual meeting Nov. 5-7 in Chicago, reviewed the cases of transplant recipients in the first 30 days after their surgery using the United Network for Organ Sharing database. For patients with the hearts from people who were not infected with COVID-19, the average hospital stay was 17 days. It was 15 days for those receiving a heart from a COVID-positive donor.
None of the four patients who died after receiving a heart from a COVID-positive donor died from respiratory causes or infections, the study found."Specifically, we thought death from respiratory or lung-related causes would be a problem among recipients receiving donor hearts with COVID-19," Kim said in a heart association news release.
In the United States, 3,658 people received hearts in 2020, up from 1,676 in 1988, according to the American Heart Association’s Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics–2022."Despite the increased need for this operation, there is a continued shortage of available donor organs for people in need of transplantation.
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