Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Heart Recipients

Type of Procedure Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 2,293 2,348 2,188 2,199 2,202 2,155 2,057 2,015 2,125 2,192
Heterotopic 15 17 21 6 2 4 2 2 3 -
Orthotopic 2,268 2,321 2,155 2,191 2,200 2,151 2,055 2,013 2,122 2,177
Unknown 10 10 12 2 - - - - - 15
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Heterotopic 0.7% 0.7% 1.0% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% -
Orthotopic 98.9% 98.9% 98.5% 99.6% 99.9% 99.8% 99.9% 99.9% 99.9% 99.3%
Unknown 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% - - - - - 0.7%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants, other than heart-lung, in which a deceased donor heart was one of the organs transplanted.