CHAIR: Costanzo MR: Midwest Heart Foundation, Lombard Illinois, USA TASK FORCE 1:
Dipchand A: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Ontario, Canada; Starling R: Cleveland Clinic …

Background The survival of recipients of cardiac allografts is limited by rejection and coronary
vasculopathy. The purpose of this study in children who had received heart transplants …

Background Inflammatory diseases of the heart, including myocarditis and cardiac transplant
rejection, are important causes of morbidity and mortality in children. Although viral …

OBJECTIVE. Two strategies for surgical management are used for infants with hypoplastic
left heart syndrome (HLHS), primary heart transplantation and the Norwood procedure. We …

BACKGROUND.: Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a lethal malformation. For the last 10
years, orthotopic cardiac transplantation has been our preferred treatment for infants with …

BACKGROUND: Intentional blood group (BG)-incompatible (ABOi) heart transplantation in
childhood is emerging in many centers. Safety limits remain undetermined. In this multicenter …

Background. Allograft failure in African-Americans remains higher than in Caucasians. Single
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been associated with altered allograft outcomes. …

Background Despite the increasing application of cardiac transplantation in infants, reported
survival rates vary, and risk factors for death are poorly understood. Methods and Results …

OBJECTIVES We compared survival in treatment strategies and determined risk factors for
one-year mortality for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) using intention-to-treat analysis…

Background The major limiting factor to successful heart transplantation in infants is the
limited supply of donors. To examine the impact of donor limitations on survival after listing, a …