Waitlist Outcomes for Pediatric Heart Transplantation in the Current Era: An Analysis of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Society Database.
Ryan J ButtsLeah ToombsJames K KirklinKurt R SchumacherJennifer ConwayShawn C WestScott AuerbachNeha BansalHong ZhaoRyan S CantorDeipanjan NandiDavid M PengPublished in: Circulation (2024)
There is significant variability in WM among status-1A patients. Potential refinements to current allocation system should factor in the increased WM risk we identified in patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or mechanical ventilation, single ventricle congenital heart disease on VAD support and small children with congenital heart disease, restrictive cardiomyopathy, or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Keyphrases
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- end stage renal disease
- congenital heart disease
- mechanical ventilation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- heart failure
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- left ventricular
- intensive care unit
- young adults
- pulmonary hypertension
- climate change
- patient reported
- coronary artery
- pulmonary artery
- patient reported outcomes
- weight loss
- drug induced
- childhood cancer