TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Combined Simultaneous Heart–Kidney Transplantation A1 - Kon, Zachary N A1 - Molmenti, Ernesto P A2 - Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo Y1 - 2023 N1 - T2 - Molmenti’s Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management, 2e AB - It is postulated that heart–kidney transplantation (HKTx) can overcome the survival disadvantage of heart-alone transplant in the setting of renal dysfunction (estimated glomerular filtration rate [GFR] <60 mL/min per 1.74 m2).1HKTx candidates on the wait list had a greater incidence of death and a lower incidence of transplantation than heart-alone candidates.2Three-month mortality among wait list candidates1,221% for HKTx candidates on dialysis7% for HKTx candidates with renal insufficiency not on dialysis31% for heart-alone transplant candidates on dialysis12% for heart-alone transplant candidates with renal insufficiency not on dialysisHKTx constitute1.5% of all heart transplants0.4% of all deceased donor kidney transplants SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1194180909 ER -