Heart Transplantation for Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Disease: A Comparison of Two Eras over 23 Years and 188 Transplants at a Single Institution.
Genevieve C TuiteJames A QuintessenzaAlfred Asante-KorangSharon R GhazarianBethany L WisotzkeyShawn ShahGary E StapletonJamie A DeckerCarrie E HerbertVyas KarthaPlato AlexanderJennifer CarapellucciDiane KrasnoperoJade HansonNeil A GoldenbergNhue L DoConstantine MavroudisTom R KarlRobert J BoucekShelby KuttyLuca A VricellaHugh M van GelderJeffrey Phillip JacobsPublished in: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery (2021)
Our analysis of 23 years of pediatric and congenital HTx reveals superior survival in the most recent 12-year era, despite the higher proportion of patients with elevated panel reactive antibody in the most recent era. This improvement was temporally associated with changes in our immunosuppressive strategy.