Heart transplantation epidemiology and demographics

Editor(s)-in-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D.; Associate Editor-In-Chief:

Epidemiology and Demographics
Reporting of transplant statistics to the Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) is required in the US, but not other countries. According to ISHLT:
 * 5000 heart transplants are performed per year worldwide
 * 10-20 heart transplants per year are performed at each center
 * 50-59 years is the average age of heart transplant recipients
 * 10:1 is the ratio of awaiting recipients to donors
 * 207 hospitals performed heart transplants in 207
 * 51% of heart transplants are performed for non-ischemic cardiomyopathy and 38% are performed for ischemic heart disease