Recipients’ Age and Sex
The mean age at HTx was 41.2 ± 17 years (5 - 69 years), 73 (88%) were adult, and 57 (68.7%) were male. The number of HTx performed according to the recipients’ sex and age group per year is shown in Figure 1. It was observed an average of 8.3 HTx per year. A consecutive increase from 1 HTx in 2010 HTx to 13 in 2014. Then, it decreased to 5 by 2016, and a maximum of 14 in 2019. Recipients’ characteristics at HTx are shown in Table 1.