The Natural History of Biopsy-Negative Rejection after Heart Transplantation

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the patients with treated BNR.

Baseline characteristics	BNR patients (𝑁=11)
Mean recipient age, years ± SD	58.1±8.9
Mean donor age, years ± SD	31.2±11.9
Recipient BMI, mean ± SD	26.7±5.2
Mean ischemic time, mins± SD	191.3±43.6
Primary reason for transplant, coronary artery disease as underlying diagnosis (%)	6/11 (55%)
Recipient race, African American (%)	1/11 (9%)
Female (%)	1/11 (9%)
Status 1 at listing (%)	10/11 (91%)
CMV mismatch (%)	1/11 (9%)
Diabetes mellitus (%)	4/11 (36%)
Treated hypertension (%)	7/11 (64%)
Previous blood transfusion (%)	0/11 (0%)
Insertion of ventricular assist device (%)	5/11 (45%)
Pretransplant PRA ≥ 10%	0/11 (0%)