Over two decades of pediatric heart transplantation: How has survival changed?

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 133; no. 3; pp. 632 - 639
• Main Authors: Morales, David L.S., MD, Dreyer, William J., MD, Denfield, Susan W., MD, Heinle, Jeffrey S., MD, McKenzie, E. Dean, MD, Graves, Daniel E., PhD, Price, Jack F., MD, Towbin, Jeffrey A., MD, Frazier, O.H., MD, Cooley, Denton A., MD, Fraser, Charles D., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Mosby, Inc 01.03.2007; AATS/WTSA
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age Factors; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Cause of Death; Child; Child, Preschool; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Graft Rejection; Graft Survival; Heart Transplantation - methods; Heart Transplantation - mortality; Humans; Infant; Male; Multivariate Analysis; Postoperative Complications - mortality; Probability; Proportional Hazards Models; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Statistics, Nonparametric; Survival Analysis; Time Factors; Transplantation Immunology; United States; United States; 34; International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation; Texas Children’s Hospital; MMF; congenital heart disease; PVRI; TCH; mycophenolate mofetil; ISHLT; pulmonary vascular resistance index; CHD

Objective In 1984, the first successful infant heart transplant was performed at Texas Children’s Hospital. This study analyzes the 21-year experience with pediatric heart transplantation at Texas Children’s Hospital to assess whether and how survival has changed over time. Methods Between November...