Atsushi Kainuma, Yuming Ning, Paul A Kurlansky, Kelly Axsom, Maryjane Farr, Gabriel Sayer, Nir Uriel, Matthew J Lewis, Marlon S Rosenbaum, David Kalfa, Damien J LaPar, Emile A Bacha, Hiroo Takayama, Yoshifumi Naka, Koji Takeda
BACKGROUND: Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients who require orthotopic heart transplantation are surgically complex due to anatomical abnormalities and multiple prior surgeries. In this study, we investigated these patients outcomes using our institutional database. METHODS: ACHD patients who had prior intracardiac repair and subsequent heart transplant were included (2008-2018). Adult patients without ACHD were extracted as a control. A comparison of patients with functional single ventricular (SV) and biventricular (BV) hearts was performed...
January 21, 2021: Clinical Transplantation