The previous number set in 2005, was 98 adult heart transplants performed in one year.
“In just a year, we dramatically increased the number of heart transplants, going from 95 heart transplants in 2012 to 119. Yet, even with that significant jump, we have maintained excellent one-year survival rates of approximately 90 percent,” said Jon Kobashigawa, MD, director of the Heart Transplant Program at Cedars-Sinai, in a news release.
Cedars-Sinai has performed more adult heart transplants than any other U.S. medical center for the past four years. Since the Heart Transplant Program was established in 1988, 975 patients have undergone heart transplantation at Cedars-Sinai.
“This is a golden age in organ transplantation, with more options like new anti-rejection drugs and medical devices than ever before,” said Andrew S. Klein, MD, MBA, director of the Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center, in a news release.
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