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Table 3.15
Reasons for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs, 1992 to 2001
Heart

Reason for Non-Recovery of Consented Organs Year
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total 1,237 1,174 1,292 1,459 1,567 1,603 1,749 2,002 2,009 2,052
Cardiac Arrest 38 43 48 49 36 34 36 30 36 35
Organ Unsatisfactory (1) 21 21 24 15 21 51 64 63 61 75
Poor Organ Function/Infection 647 603 682 864 907 937 962 1,202 1,226 1,256
Donor Medical/Social History 119 107 149 155 194 174 247 211 194 223
Biopsy Findings - - 3 2 1 2 8 2 - -
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1 37 8 43 64 77 78 73 96 120 105
No Recipient Found (2) 99 98 107 101 101 135 127 163 166 172
Other 276 294 227 199 223 156 206 208 205 186
Unknown - - 9 10 7 36 26 27 1 -
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Cardiac Arrest 3.1% 3.7% 3.7% 3.4% 2.3% 2.1% 2.1% 1.5% 1.8% 1.7%
Organ Unsatisfactory (1) 1.7% 1.8% 1.9% 1.0% 1.3% 3.2% 3.7% 3.1% 3.0% 3.7%
Poor Organ Function/Infection 52.3% 51.4% 52.8% 59.2% 57.9% 58.5% 55.0% 60.0% 61.0% 61.2%
Donor Medical/Social History 9.6% 9.1% 11.5% 10.6% 12.4% 10.9% 14.1% 10.5% 9.7% 10.9%
Biopsy Findings - - 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.5% 0.1% - -
Positive Hepatitis/HIV/HTLV-1 3.0% 0.7% 3.3% 4.4% 4.9% 4.9% 4.2% 4.8% 6.0% 5.1%
No Recipient Found (2) 8.0% 8.3% 8.3% 6.9% 6.4% 8.4% 7.3% 8.1% 8.3% 8.4%
Other 22.3% 25.0% 17.6% 13.6% 14.2% 9.7% 11.8% 10.4% 10.2% 9.1%
Unknown - - 0.7% 0.7% 0.4% 2.2% 1.5% 1.3% 0.0% -

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of August 1, 2002.
(%) = Percentages are based on totals including missing and unknown.
(-) = None in category.
(1) = Organ Unsatisfactory: Organ Damage or Anatomic Abnormalities.
(2) = No Recipient Found: Recipient Not Located or List Exhausted.
Reasons for non-recovery are shown for all deceased organs from donors who donated at least one solid organ.
Hearts recovered for valves are excluded.

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