Journal article
Predictors of outcomes in children awaiting heart transplantation: An experience from a National Paediatric Heart Transplantation Programme
WY Shi, M Rousea, RG Weintraub, D Zannino, A Shipp, Y d'Udekem, IE Konstantinov
European Journal of Cardio Thoracic Surgery | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | Published : 2016
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv465
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The risk of mortality while awaiting heart transplantation (HT) may be greater in the setting of a smaller population and lower donor organ rates. Optimizing allocation policy and identifying the most vulnerable patients will help reduce mortality. As such, we aimed to evaluate the predictors of outcomes in patients awaiting HT as part of a National Paediatric HT Programme. METHODS: Between 1988 and 2015, 200 children were listed for HT as part of a National Paediatric HT Programme. We categorized patients as experiencing one of four competing events: (i) transplant, (ii) death, (iii) delisting for clinical deterioration and (iv) delisting for clinical improvement. Comparison was..
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Funding Acknowledgements
William Shi is supported by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Foundation for Surgery Peter King/National Heart Foundation of Australia Research Scholarship in addition to the University of Melbourne Viola Edith Reid and the RG and AU Meade Scholarships. Yves d'Udekem is a clinician practitioner fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (1082186).