The Dutch national paediatric heart transplantation programme: outcomes during a 23-year period.

Stefan RoestMarijke H van der MeulenLennie M van Osch-GeversUlrike S KraemerAlina A ConstantinescuMatthijs de HoogAd J J C BogersOlivier C ManintveldPieter C van de WoestijneMichiel Dalinghaus

Published in: Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation (2022)

Children who undergo HT have an excellent survival rate up to 10 years post-HT. Even though complications post-HT are common, the functional status of most patients is excellent. Waiting list mortality is high, demonstrating that donor availability for this vulnerable patient group remains a major limitation for further improvement of outcome.

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