ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Brief Report: Pediatric Heart Transplantation after Declaration of

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Brief Report: Pediatric Heart Transplantation after Declaration of - 13-08-2008, 03:50 PM

This report describes transplantation of hearts from three infant donors (mean age at donation, 3.7 days) who had died from cardiocirculatory causes. The recipients (mean age, 2.2 months) all survived to 6 months with excellent left ventricular function. This approach to transplantation has been controversial but offers the prospect of expanding the donor pool.

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