Favourable mid-term outcome after heart transplantation for late Fontan failure
Author(s) -
Guido Michielon,
Joost P. van Melle,
Djoeke Wolff,
Duccio Di Carlo,
Jeffrey P. Jacobs,
Ilkka Mattila,
Håkan Berggren,
Harald Lindberg,
Massimo A. Padalino,
Bart Meyns,
René Prêtre,
Morten Helvind,
Thierry Carrel,
Tjark Ebels
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezu280
Subject(s) - medicine , heart transplantation , fontan procedure , heart failure , proportional hazards model , cardiology , retrospective cohort study , protein losing enteropathy , survival rate , transplantation , surgery , heart disease , enteropathy , disease
Fontan failure (FF) represents a growing and challenging indication for paediatric orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT). The aim of this study was to identify predictors of the best mid-term outcome in OHT after FF.
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