Journal article
Heart transplantation in Fontan patients across Australia and New Zealand
WY Shi, MS Yong, DC McGiffin, P Jain, PN Ruygrok, SF Marasco, K Finucane, A Keogh, Y D'Udekem, RG Weintraub, IE Konstantinov
Heart | Published : 2016
Abstract
Objective Patients with Fontan physiology may eventually require heart transplantation (HT). We determined the rates and outcomes of HT in a national, population-based multicentre study. Methods From 1990 to 2015, 1369 patients underwent the Fontan procedure as recorded in the Australia and New Zealand Fontan Registry. We identified those who underwent HT and analysed their outcomes. We compared rates of HT between two catchment areas. In area 1 (n=721), patients were referred to the national paediatric HT programme or its associated adult programme. In area 2 (n=648), patients were referred to the national paediatric HT programme or one of the other adult HT programmes. Results Mean follow-..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
Department of Health, Australian Government. National Health and Medical Research Council (Clinician Practitioner Fellow-Yd'U 1082, Partnership Grant 1076849). National Heart Foundation of Australia (Health Professional Scholarship-WS). Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Foundation for Surgery Peter King Scholarship-WS).