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Table 13.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 2000 to 2009

Heart-Lung Recipients

Primary Diagnosis Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 48 27 33 29 40 35 31 31 27 29
Congenital Disease 21 10 10 11 11 8 6 3 3 2
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 8 7 13 5 12 10 10 7 9 11
Cystic Fibrosis 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 2 - -
Emphysema/COPD 3 - - - 1 - 1 - - -
Other 2 4 - 3 7 6 3 7 3 4
Unknown 13 6 9 9 8 10 10 12 12 12
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Congenital Disease 43.8% 37.0% 30.3% 37.9% 27.5% 22.9% 19.4% 9.7% 11.1% 6.9%
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 16.7% 25.9% 39.4% 17.2% 30.0% 28.6% 32.3% 22.6% 33.3% 37.9%
Cystic Fibrosis 2.1% - 3.0% 3.4% 2.5% 2.9% 3.2% 6.5% - -
Emphysema/COPD 6.3% - - - 2.5% - 3.2% - - -
Other 4.2% 14.8% - 10.3% 17.5% 17.1% 9.7% 22.6% 11.1% 13.8%
Unknown 27.1% 22.2% 27.3% 31.0% 20.0% 28.6% 32.3% 38.7% 44.4% 41.4%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which a heart and a lung were among

the organs transplanted.