Heart-lung transplantation for patients under 10 with cystic fibrosis.
The outcome of patients with cystic fibrosis aged under 10 years referred for heart-lung transplantation assessment (n = 58) was determined and compared with older children (n = 109). Similar proportions were placed on to the active waiting list (64% v 71%) and received transplants (35% v 31%). Three year post-transplantation survival figures were also similar (41% v 46%), as were the figures for overall survival for those placed on to the active list (27% v 29%). Paediatricians should not be deterred from referring younger patients for transplantation.
Balfour-Lynn
I M
IM
Transplant Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London.
Martin
I
I
Whitehead
B F
BF
Rees
P G
PG
Elliott
M J
MJ
de Leval
M R
MR
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis