RECEIVING a heart transplant from someone who died with active COVID-19 could put you at a higher risk of death in the months following the procedure, according to international research.
The researchers looked at data from more than 27,000 heart donors, looking for people who tested positive to COVID-19 while they were in hospital leading up to their death, and did not test negative before their death.
The researchers say those who received heart transplants from people who died with active COVID-19 had a 13.8% risk of death six months after the operation and a 23.2% risk of death at a year, compared to 7% and 9.2% respectively, for those whose donors didn't have COVID-19 or had their infection resolve before death.
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