Steady assessment of risk factors will enable identification of patients at higher risk for post-transplant death, and may thus improve organ utilization and outcomes. In this study we aimed to identify the risk factors of mortality in pediatric heart transplantation.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine Westphalia, University Hospital of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. ystjang@hotmail.com