Donor-derived transmission events in 2013: a report of the Organ Procurement Transplant Network Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee.

Background: The Organ Procurement Transplant Network Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC), a multidisciplinary committee, evaluates potential donor-derived transmission events (PDDTE), including infections and malignancies, to assess for donor transmitted events.

Methods: Reports of unexpected PDDTE to Organ Procurement Transplant Network in 2013 were fully reviewed by DTAC. A standardized algorithm was used to assess each PDDTE from a given donor and to classify each individual recipient from that donor.

Survival is not compromised in donor hearts with echocardiographic abnormalities.

Objectives: To determine the effect of heart donors with echocardiographic abnormalities on short and long-term outcomes on heart transplant recipients.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of heart donors used over 6 y. Donor charts provided demographic information, cause of death, and echo results.