Current status of paediatric heart, lung, and heart-lung transplantation

M Burch; P Aurora

doi:10.1136/adc.2002.017186

Current status of paediatric heart, lung, and heart-lung transplantation

Arch Dis Child. 2004 Apr;89(4):386-9. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.017186.

Authors

M Burch¹, P Aurora

Affiliation

¹ Dept of Cardiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK. BurchM@gosh.nhs.uk

Abstract

Since the first successful heart transplantation by Christian Barnard in 1967, there have been over 60 000 heart transplants performed worldwide. Around 350 paediatric heart transplants are now performed annually and approximately 10% of these are in the UK.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Child
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Graft Rejection
Heart Transplantation* / methods
Heart Transplantation* / mortality
Heart Transplantation* / trends
Heart-Lung Transplantation / methods
Heart-Lung Transplantation / mortality
Heart-Lung Transplantation / trends
Humans
Lung Transplantation* / methods
Lung Transplantation* / mortality
Lung Transplantation* / trends
Patient Selection
Prognosis
Quality of Life
Survival Rate
Survivors
Tissue and Organ Procurement