Table 1 Heart transplant recipient baseline characteristics

Recipient gender, male; n (%)

86 (76)

Recipient age, years; median [IQR]

53 [40; 62]

Prior diabetes mellitus; n (%)

24 (21)

Prior cardiac surgery (VAD surgery excluded); n (%)

27 (24)

BMI, kg/m²; median [IQR]

24,4 [22, 1; 27, 8]

Serum creatinine (μmol/l); median [IQR]

130 [99; 158]

Etiology of heart failure; n (%):

 Dilated cardiomyopathy

50 (44)

 Ischemic cardiomyopathy

44 (39)

 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

8 (7)

 Others

11 (10)

Recipient location right before HT; n (%)

 Home

34 (30)

 Medical/surgical units

14 (12)

 Intermediate care units

21 (19)

 Intensive care units

44 (39)

Length of stay before HT, days; median [IQR]

 Hospital

11 [6; 19]

 Intermediate or intensive care units

8 [5; 14]

Donor age, years; median [IQR]

45 [37; 42]

Donor gender, male; n (%)

67 (59)

CMV mismatch (D+/R−); n (%)

15 (13)

VAD before HT; n (%)

20 (18)

ECMO before HT; n (%)

28 (25)

SOFA score at time of HT; median [IQR]

4 [1; 6]

National high-priority allocation; n (%)

58 (51)

Cold ischemia time, minutes; median [IQR]

190 [140; 210]

Plasma exchanges after HT; n (%)

20 (18)