[Heart transplantation in France: Current status]

Abstract

The ratio of candidates per transplant is 2.1. Forty-eight percent of candidates have been transplanted within 12months of listing. Twenty-five French centers performed 397 heart transplants in 2012 (6.1 pmp). Forty-eight percent of patients receiving a transplant have an urgency status. One-year survival is 76%. The annual attrition rate is 2-3% in patients surviving the first year. Risk factors for 1-year mortality are donor specific, center specific and recipient specific. Patient-based graft allocation policy requires a reliable measure of mortality risk in candidates as well as of transplant benefit.