Characteristics of the patients on the waiting list
| Heart | Lung | Heart-lung | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| AICD, automatic internal cardiovertor defibrillator; CMV, cytomegalovirus; NYHA, New York Heart Association functional class. | ||||||
| Sex: male | 1239 | 81 | 382 | 54 | 160 | 45 |
| Ethnicity: white | 1402 | 92 | 662 | 93 | 332 | 93 |
| CMV antibody positive | 621 | 41 | 277 | 39 | 213 | 60 |
| Previous sternotomy | 532 | 35 | 17 | 2 | 37 | 10 |
| AICD | 59 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Hypertension | 306 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 29 | 2 | 3 | <1 | 1 | <1 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 82 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Diabetic | 119 | 8 | 56 | 8 | 68 | 19 |
| Past malignancy | 31 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | <1 |
| Smoker (within 6 months of listing) | 157 | 10 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Home oxygen | 45 | 3 | 544 | 77 | 209 | 59 |
| Inotropes, mechanical circulatory or ventilatory support | 221 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 6 |
| NYHA: class IV | 366/1414 | 26 | 162/651 | 24 | 79/325 | 24 |