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Integrating risks and benefits: pretransplant assessment and patient selection for heart transplantation in adult congenital heart disease.

Matthew J LewisKelly H SchlendorfLeigh C Reardon
Published in: Current opinion in organ transplantation (2024)
Pretransplant assessment and patient selection in ACHD patients should focus on mitigating perioperative and early posttransplant risk. Anatomic complexity, noncardiac organ dysfunction, and referral timing after the onset of heart failure can contribute to poor posttransplant outcomes and should inform patient selection.
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