The presence of LVH in a donor heart does not adversely affect the survival of transplant recipients, concluded Dr. Pinzon.
But "organ selection and allocation is not a random process," and transplantation involving hearts with moderate or severe LVH was rare. "This indicates that these patients were carefully selected, which can bias our results," he cautioned; therefore, the safety of using such hearts remains uncertain.
Dr. Pinzon reported that he had no relevant conflicts of interest.