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18290899

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
Heart failure has been recognized as a major public health problem. Its incidence and prevalence is increasing and imposes substantial burden on the health care system. Despite much progress in development of many new drugs and innovations in palliative surgical strategy, nontransplant cardiac surgical procedures and the use of mechanical assist devices, pediatric heart transplantation remains the best treatment option for patients with end-stage heart failure. So far, more than 6000 pediatric heart transplantations have been performed worldwide. This article reviews some clinical aspects of pediatric heart transplantation, including the history, indications and contraindications, donor evaluation and recipient management, surgical techniques, risk factors of mortality, and survival of pediatric heart transplantation. The short- and long-term outcomes of pediatric heart transplantation are encouraging. However, the lack of donor hearts still hampers its clinical application.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0886-0440
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
87-91
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Pediatric heart transplantation: current clinical review.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center, NRW/University Hospital of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. ystjang@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review