Respiratory Institute Outcomes
Lung and Heart/Lung Transplantation
Lung and Heart/Lung Transplantation
Lung Transplant: Volume
2017 – 2021
Cleveland Clinic is one of the busiest lung transplant centers in the world, performing 579 lung transplants from 2017 through 2021. Cleveland Clinic surgeons performed 96 lung transplant procedures in 2021.
Source: Cleveland Clinic Transplant Center database
Lung Transplant: Primary Disease of Recipients
Transplants Done July 1, 2020 — June 30, 2021
Cleveland Clinic surgeons perform lung transplant procedures for patients with a variety of lung diseases. In this reporting period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, the majority (58%) of the 119 lung recipients had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, January 6, 2022. srtr.org
Lung Transplant: 1-Month and 1-Year Survival
July 1, 2018 — March 12, 2020, June 13, 2020 — December 31, 2020ᵃ
The 1-year graft and patient survival rates at Cleveland Clinic were slightly below the expected level.
SRTR = Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, January 6, 2022. srtr.org
ᵃFluctuations in 2020 volumes are a result of significant changes to the number of patients treated, which can be directly attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lung Transplant: Wait Time
Candidates on the Wait-List from July 1, 2015 — December 31, 2020
The median wait time for a lung transplant at Cleveland Clinic was 2.3 months for the candidates wait-listed from July 1, 2015 through December 31, 2020. This is same as the average wait time at other centers throughout the US and quicker than the average wait time in Region.
Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, January 6, 2022. srtr.org
ᵃIndiana, Michigan, and Ohio
Lung Transplant: Wait-List Mortality Rate
July 1, 2019 — March 12, 2020, June 13, 2020 — June 30, 2020ᵃ
Cleveland Clinic has an aggressive posture toward evaluating and listing extremely sick and high-risk candidates. Cleveland Clinic evaluates donor organs and utilizes advanced strategies such as Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) to make more donor lungs available for transplant. The wait-list mortality rate during this period was higher than expected.
Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, January 6, 2022. srtr.org
ᵃFluctuations in 2020 volumes are a result of significant changes to the number of patients treated, which can be directly attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.
