Pediatric heart transplantation – indication and preoperative assessment

Pediatric heart transplantation is now considered a standard therapeutic care for infants and children with end stage heart disease. The indication for heart transplantation depends on the etiology of heart failure, and therefore is related to the age of the children: congenital heart defects predom...

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Main Authors:	Iolanda Muntean, Asmaa Carla Barmou, Daniela Toma
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amaltea Medical Publishing House 2020-03-01
Series:	Romanian Journal of Pediatrics
Subjects:	heart transplantation indication pediatric cardiomyopathies congenital heart defects
Online Access:	https://rjp.com.ro/articles/2020.1/RJP_2020_1_EN_Art-06.pdf

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spelling	doaj-6506376fc9194051a8efdad79fcf64eb2021-09-02T21:54:28ZengAmaltea Medical Publishing HouseRomanian Journal of Pediatrics1454-03982069-61752020-03-01691333710.37897/RJP.2020.1.4Pediatric heart transplantation – indication and preoperative assessmentIolanda Muntean0Asmaa Carla Barmou1Daniela Toma2University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology “George Emil Palade”, Tg. Mures, Romania Clinic of Pediatric Cardiology, Emergency Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and Transplantation, Tg. Mures, Romania Clinic of Pediatric Cardiology, Emergency Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and Transplantation, Tg. Mures, RomaniaPediatric heart transplantation is now considered a standard therapeutic care for infants and children with end stage heart disease. The indication for heart transplantation depends on the etiology of heart failure, and therefore is related to the age of the children: congenital heart defects predominate in infants and cardiomyopathies in older children. Because of the evolvement in surgical strategy of the congenital heart defects, the indication for heart transplantation is in continuous upgrading. The waiting list is stratified according to the patient status. This review focuses on the indications for pediatric heart transplantation. Also, because of the need of a rigorous assessment of the potential recipients, we present a check-list for the pretransplantation assessment of the receptor.https://rjp.com.ro/articles/2020.1/RJP_2020_1_EN_Art-06.pdfheart transplantationindicationpediatriccardiomyopathiescongenital heart defects
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author	Iolanda Muntean Asmaa Carla Barmou Daniela Toma
spellingShingle	Iolanda Muntean Asmaa Carla Barmou Daniela Toma Pediatric heart transplantation – indication and preoperative assessment Romanian Journal of Pediatrics heart transplantation indication pediatric cardiomyopathies congenital heart defects
author_facet	Iolanda Muntean Asmaa Carla Barmou Daniela Toma
author_sort	Iolanda Muntean
title	Pediatric heart transplantation – indication and preoperative assessment
title_short	Pediatric heart transplantation – indication and preoperative assessment
title_full	Pediatric heart transplantation – indication and preoperative assessment
title_fullStr	Pediatric heart transplantation – indication and preoperative assessment
title_full_unstemmed	Pediatric heart transplantation – indication and preoperative assessment
title_sort	pediatric heart transplantation – indication and preoperative assessment
publisher	Amaltea Medical Publishing House
series	Romanian Journal of Pediatrics
issn	1454-0398 2069-6175
publishDate	2020-03-01
description	Pediatric heart transplantation is now considered a standard therapeutic care for infants and children with end stage heart disease. The indication for heart transplantation depends on the etiology of heart failure, and therefore is related to the age of the children: congenital heart defects predominate in infants and cardiomyopathies in older children. Because of the evolvement in surgical strategy of the congenital heart defects, the indication for heart transplantation is in continuous upgrading. The waiting list is stratified according to the patient status. This review focuses on the indications for pediatric heart transplantation. Also, because of the need of a rigorous assessment of the potential recipients, we present a check-list for the pretransplantation assessment of the receptor.
topic	heart transplantation indication pediatric cardiomyopathies congenital heart defects
url	https://rjp.com.ro/articles/2020.1/RJP_2020_1_EN_Art-06.pdf
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Pediatric heart transplantation – indication and preoperative assessment

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