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Table 1 Indication for transplant

From: Overall mental distress and health-related quality of life after solid-organ transplantation: results from a retrospective follow-up study

Heart

Liver

Lung/heart and lung

(n = 60)

(n = 42)

(n = 21)

Ischemic cardiomyopathy:

Alcoholic liver disease:

Emphysema/COPD:

34 (56.7%)

12 (28.6%)

6 (28.6%)

Dilatative cardiomyopathy:

Infectious hepatitis a:

Pulmonary fibrosis:

26 (43.3%)

13 (31%)

7 (33.3%)

 

Primary biliary cirrhosis:

Pulmonary hypertension:

5 (11.9%)

3 (14.3%)

Malignancyb:

Otherd:

6 (14.3%)

5 (23.8%)

Miscellaneousc:

 

6 (14.3%)

  1. a Infectious hepatitis encompasses HBV-related and/or HCV-related liver diseases.
  2. b Malignancy includes hepatocellular carcinoma and other hepatic malignancies.
  3. c Miscellaneous comprises Wilson’s disease, Budd-Chiari syndrome, fulminant hepatic failure, and cryptogenic cirrhosis.
  4. d Other indications for lung transplant include lymphangioleiomyomatosis, cystic fibrosis, and congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung.
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