Table 3

Transplantation-related morbidity and complications

Patients (n)/ patients at riskPrevalenceMedian time after transplantation (years)
Reoperation20/6331.7%
 <24 hour18/2090.0%
 24 hours to 1 week2/2010.0%
Treated rejection within 1 year27/5648.2%20 (12.8–78.8)
Patients alive at 1 year post-transplantation54/6385.7%
Malignancy12/5422.2%8.7 (6.6–13.5)
 Skin5/1241.7%11.1 (8.4–18.3)
 Lymphoma5/1241.7%8.9 (0.6–18.3)
 Other2/1216.6%6.7
Hypertension requiring medical treatment29/5651.8%0.6 (0.2–1.2)
Renal insufficiency24/5642.9%1.0 (0.3–7.7)
 Dialysis9/2437.5%11.4 (4.8–13.1)
 Transplantation4/2416.7%16.6 (13.6–18.3)
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy6/5411.1%6.6 (6.0–12.5)
 ISLHT Grade 11/616.7%6.5
 ISLHT Grade 23/650%6.2
 ISLHT Grade 32/633.3%13.4
Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome23/5436.5%2.3 (1.2–7.5)
  • Values are presented as numbers, percentages or as median (IQR).

  • ISLHT, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.