ABO-incompatible heart transplantation - Past, present, and future
Mon, Feb 06
|ABOi Webinar
Join us to learn more about how children needing transplants may soon have more opportunities with expanded ABOi policy changes.
Time & Location
Feb 06, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST
ABOi Webinar
About the event
Blood types A, B, AB, and O are determined by markers on the surface of red blood cells and other cells, including cells in organ transplants. When a person receives a transplant, the donated organ typically comes from a donor with a blood type that is compatible with the recipient. This is done to prevent rejection of the organ due to an incompatible marker. However, in pediatric heart and lung transplantation, blood type incompatible transplants (called ABOi transplants) have been shown over the last 25 years to be as equally safe and effective as ABO compatible transplants in young children.
The benefits of ABO incompatible heart transplantation is shorter wait list times (for blood type O candidates who usually wait the longest) and fewer donor hearts going to waste because they could not be given to a compatible blood group individual.
Current OPTN policy allows patients who are put…