REVIEW ARTICLE
Donor-recipient Matching in Heart Transplantation
Aleksandra Oprzędkiewicz1, Hubert Mado1, *, Wioletta Szczurek2, Mariusz Gąsior3, Bożena Szyguła-Jurkiewicz3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2020Volume: 14
First Page: 42
Last Page: 47
Publisher ID: TOCMJ-14-42
DOI: 10.2174/18741924020140100042
Article History:
Received Date: 15/07/2020Revision Received Date: 04/10/2020
Acceptance Date: 07/10/2020
Electronic publication date: 18/12/2020
Collection year: 2020
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Heart transplantation remains the treatment of choice for end-stage Heart Failure (HF). Due to the shortage of organs for transplantation and the occurrence of perioperative complications, a key problem is donor matching, which should result in increased survival and improved quality of life for patients. The success of this procedure depends on various parameters such as gender, weight, ABO blood group and Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) system of both the recipient and the donor. Furthermore, non-HLA antigens may also be valuable in donor-recipient matching. The aim of this article is to summarize the recent knowledge on the impact of various factors on accurate donor-recipient matching to heart transplantation.