The Paradoxical Relationship Between Donor Distance and Survival After Heart Transplantation [1]
UNOS data for over 14,500 isolated heart transplant patients were analyzed to assess the relationship between donor distance from the transplantation center and recipient mortality at 30 days and 1 year. Ischemic time correlated with donor distance. Mortality was reduced for donor distances over 25 miles, and the reduction was highest for distances greater than 500 miles.