January 10, 2024 – The UPMC Coronary heart Transplant Program continues to be the nationwide chief in coronary heart transplant outcomes. Knowledge simply launched by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) exhibits that UPMC is the highest transplant program within the nation for 90-day survival charges after grownup coronary heart transplants.
The SRTR knowledge evaluated all grownup coronary heart transplants in the USA from July 2021 by December 2023. Throughout that interval, UPMC coronary heart transplant recipients had an estimated survival charge of 100% within the first 90 days post-transplant. The UPMC Coronary heart Transplant Program additionally ranks among the many prime within the nation for affected person survival charges one yr after transplant, with an estimated charge of 96.54%.
UPMC's continued dedication to innovation and affected person care has led to groundbreaking milestones through the years:
- UPMC was the primary middle on this planet to carry out a profitable heart-liver transplant.
- UPMC was the second middle on this planet to carry out a profitable heart-lung transplant.
- UPMC was the second middle within the nation to implant the Jarvik synthetic coronary heart as a bridge to transplantation.
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