Matching Donor and Recipient Size in Pediatric Heart Transplantation

Matching Donor and Recipient Size in Pediatric Heart Transplantation

Previous analyses in pediatric heart transplant (HT) recipients using weight or height have not found donor-recipient size-mismatch to be associated with post-transplant mortality. A recent study in 3,215 normal US children developed an equation for left ventricular (LV) mass using body surface area...

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Main Authors: Colan, S.D (Author), Gauvreau, K. (Author), Singh, T.P (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Society for Organ Transplantation 2022
Subjects:
article
body surface
child
Child
children
controlled study
donor
donor selection
female
graft survival
Graft Survival
heart graft
heart left ventricle mass
heart transplant
heart transplantation
Heart Transplantation
human
Humans
in-hospital mortality
major clinical study
male
mortality
outcomes
pediatric
Retrospective Studies
retrospective study
survival
Tissue and Organ Procurement
Tissue Donors
transplantation
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