TY - JOUR
T1 - A Paradigm Shift in Heart Preservation
T2 - Improved Post-transplant Outcomes in Recipients of Donor Hearts Preserved With the SherpaPak System
AU - Shudo, Yasuhiro
AU - Leacche, Marzia
AU - Copeland, Hannah
AU - Silvestry, Scott
AU - Pham, Si M.
AU - Molina, Ezequiel
AU - Schroder, Jacob N.
AU - Sciortino, Christopher M.
AU - Jacobs, Jeffrey P.
AU - Kawabori, Masashi
AU - Meyer, Dan M.
AU - Zuckermann, Andreas
AU - D'alessandro, David A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2023 The Author(s).
PY - 2023/11/1
Y1 - 2023/11/1
N2 - Traditional ice storage has been the historic standard for preserving donor's hearts. However, this approach provides variability in cooling, increasing risks of freezing injury. To date, no preservation technology has been reported to improve survival after transplantation. The Paragonix SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System (SCTS) is a controlled hypothermic technology clinically used since 2018. Real-world evidence on clinical benefits of SCTS compared to conventional ice cold storage (ICS) was evaluated. Between October 2015 and January 2022, 569 US adults receiving donor hearts preserved and transported either in SCTS (n = 255) or ICS (n = 314) were analyzed from the Global Utilization And Registry Database for Improved heArt preservatioN (GUARDIAN-Heart) registry. Propensity matching and a subgroup analysis of >240 minutes ischemic time were performed to evaluate comparative outcomes. Overall, the SCTS cohort had significantly lower rates of severe primary graft dysfunction (PGD) (p = 0.03). When propensity matched, SCTS had improving 1-year survival (p = 0.10), significantly lower rates of severe PGD (p = 0.011), and lower overall post-transplant MCS utilization (p = 0.098). For patients with ischemic times >4 hours, the SCTS cohort had reduced post-transplant MCS utilization (p = 0.01), reduced incidence of severe PGD (p = 0.005), and improved 30-day survival (p = 0.02). A multivariate analysis of independent risk factors revealed that compared to SCTS, use of ice results in a 3.4-fold greater chance of severe PGD (p = 0.014). Utilization of SCTS is associated with a trend toward increased post-transplant survival and significantly lower severe PGD and MCS utilization. These findings fundamentally challenge the decades-long status quo of transporting donor hearts using ice.
AB - Traditional ice storage has been the historic standard for preserving donor's hearts. However, this approach provides variability in cooling, increasing risks of freezing injury. To date, no preservation technology has been reported to improve survival after transplantation. The Paragonix SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System (SCTS) is a controlled hypothermic technology clinically used since 2018. Real-world evidence on clinical benefits of SCTS compared to conventional ice cold storage (ICS) was evaluated. Between October 2015 and January 2022, 569 US adults receiving donor hearts preserved and transported either in SCTS (n = 255) or ICS (n = 314) were analyzed from the Global Utilization And Registry Database for Improved heArt preservatioN (GUARDIAN-Heart) registry. Propensity matching and a subgroup analysis of >240 minutes ischemic time were performed to evaluate comparative outcomes. Overall, the SCTS cohort had significantly lower rates of severe primary graft dysfunction (PGD) (p = 0.03). When propensity matched, SCTS had improving 1-year survival (p = 0.10), significantly lower rates of severe PGD (p = 0.011), and lower overall post-transplant MCS utilization (p = 0.098). For patients with ischemic times >4 hours, the SCTS cohort had reduced post-transplant MCS utilization (p = 0.01), reduced incidence of severe PGD (p = 0.005), and improved 30-day survival (p = 0.02). A multivariate analysis of independent risk factors revealed that compared to SCTS, use of ice results in a 3.4-fold greater chance of severe PGD (p = 0.014). Utilization of SCTS is associated with a trend toward increased post-transplant survival and significantly lower severe PGD and MCS utilization. These findings fundamentally challenge the decades-long status quo of transporting donor hearts using ice.
KW - cardiac transplantation
KW - cold storage
KW - preservation system
KW - primary graft dysfunction
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U2 - 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002036
DO - 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002036
M3 - Article
C2 - 37678260
AN - SCOPUS:85175498280
SN - 1058-2916
VL - 69
SP - 993
EP - 1000
JO - ASAIO Journal
JF - ASAIO Journal
IS - 11
ER -