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Lessons learned in pediatric heart transplantation

1989; Elsevier BV; Volume: 48; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0003-4975(89)90774-1

ISSN

1552-6259

Autores

Alfredo Trento, Bartley P. Griffith, Frederick J. Fricker, Robert Kormos, John M. Armitage, Robert L. Hardesty,

Tópico(s)

Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

Resumo

32 children underwent cardiac transplantation for treatment of congenital heart disease (10) and other cardiomyopathies (22).The &year actuarial survival was a disappointing 36% because of a high perioperative mortality (12 of 32, 37.5%) and because of five late deaths due to uncontrollable rejection.The perioperative mortality was a staggering 60% (6 of 10) for the patients with congenital heart disease.Four of the 6 recipients with congenital heart disease died because of acute failure of the donor right he Pediatric Heart Transplant Program at the Chil-

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