Respiratory Institute Outcomes
Lung and Heart/Lung Transplantation
Lung and Heart/Lung Transplantation
Lung Transplant: Volume
2020 – 2023
Cleveland Clinic is one of the busiest lung transplant centers in the world, performing 445 lung transplants from 2020 through 2023. Cleveland Clinic surgeons performed 129 lung transplant procedures in 2023.
Source: Cleveland Clinic Transplant Center Data Base
Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute hosts a podcast called Respiratory Inspirations; suitable for any audience interested in learning more about conditions affecting your respiratory health as we discuss related diseases, causes, treatments, innovations and what the future may bring.
Click on the link below to find and listen to ‘Lung Transplant Life: What to Expect Pre and Post Lung Transplant’, hosted by Raed Dweik, MD, MBA, Chair of the Respiratory Institute with guest, Marie Budev, DO, MPH, Medical Director of Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program. For more information: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/podcasts/respiratory-inspirations
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Lung Transplant: Primary Disease of Recipients
Transplants Done July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023
Cleveland Clinic surgeons perform lung transplant procedures for patients with a variety of lung diseases. In this reporting period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, the majority (64.7%) of the 133 lung recipients had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, January 9, 2024. srtr.org
Lung Transplant: 1-Month and 1-Year Survival
July 1, 2020 - December 31, 2022
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 9, 2024. srtr.org
Lung Transplant: Wait Time
Candidates on the Wait-List from July 1, 2017 - December 31, 2022
The median wait time for a lung transplant at Cleveland Clinic was 1.8 months for the candidates wait-listed from July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2022. This is same as the average wait time at other centers throughout the US.
Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, January 9, 2024. srtr.org
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Lung Transplant: Wait-List Mortality Rate
July 1, 2021 — June 30, 2023
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 9, 2024. srtr.org
