Heart Transplantation in Congenital Heart Disease: In Whom to Consider and When?

Due to impressive improvements in surgical repair options, even patients with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) may survive into adulthood and have a high risk of end-stage heart failure. Thus, the number of patients with CHD needing heart transplantation (HTx) has been increasing in the last d...

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Main Authors: Christine H. Attenhofer Jost, Dörthe Schmidt, Michael Huebler, Christian Balmer, Georg Noll, Rosmarie Caduff, Matthias Greutmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/376027

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