5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  A novel points-based risk score predicts cardiovascular complications post-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

• 2

  The risk score utilizes data from the Cardiovascular Registry in Bone Marrow Transplantation (CARE-BMT).

• 3

  Among 3,300 patients, 4.1% and 13.9% experienced cardiovascular events within 100 days and 5 years, respectively.

• 4

  Allogeneic transplant recipients had a higher rate of long-term cardiovascular events compared to autologous recipients.

• 5

  The risk score was effective for both allogeneic and autologous transplant recipients, as well as a separate cohort of over 900 patients.