Table 13.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Heart-Lung Recipients

Primary Diagnosis Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 62 47 51 48 27 33 29 40 35 31
Congenital Disease 27 18 20 21 10 10 11 11 8 6
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 12 9 10 8 7 13 5 12 10 10
Cystic Fibrosis 3 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1
Emphysema/COPD - 4 3 3 - - - 1 - 1
Other 6 3 2 2 4 - 3 7 6 3
Unknown 14 12 15 13 6 9 9 8 10 10
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Congenital Disease 43.5% 38.3% 39.2% 43.8% 37.0% 30.3% 37.9% 27.5% 22.9% 19.4%
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 19.4% 19.1% 19.6% 16.7% 25.9% 39.4% 17.2% 30.0% 28.6% 32.3%
Cystic Fibrosis 4.8% 2.1% 2.0% 2.1% - 3.0% 3.4% 2.5% 2.9% 3.2%
Emphysema/COPD - 8.5% 5.9% 6.3% - - - 2.5% - 3.2%
Other 9.7% 6.4% 3.9% 4.2% 14.8% - 10.3% 17.5% 17.1% 9.7%
Unknown 22.6% 25.5% 29.4% 27.1% 22.2% 27.3% 31.0% 20.0% 28.6% 32.3%


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

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants in which a heart and a lung were among the organs transplanted.