Diana M Torpoco Rivera, Seth A Hollander, Christopher Almond, Elizabeth Profita, John C Dykes, Alireza Raissadati, Joanne Lee, Loren D Sacks, Zachary I Kleiman, Ellen Lee, Ayelet Rosenthal, David N Rosenthal, Teimour Nasirov, Michael Ma, Elisabeth Martin, Sharon Chen
BACKGROUND: Pediatric heart transplantation (HT) continues to be limited by the shortage of donor organs, distance constraints, and the number of potential donor offers that are declined due to the presence of multiple risk factors. METHODS: We report a case of successful pediatric HT in which multiple risk factors were mitigated through a combination of innovative donor utilization improvement strategies. RESULTS: An 11-year-old, 25-kilogram child with cardiomyopathy and pulmonary hypertension, on chronic milrinone therapy and anticoagulated with apixaban, was transplanted with a heart from a Hepatitis C virus positive donor and an increased donor-to-recipient weight ratio...
July 20, 2023: Pediatric Transplantation