title: Techniques of pediatric heart transplantation.
abstract: Pediatric heart transplantation is different to heart engraftment in adults. Surgical techniques for donor harvesting and transplantation related to the various underlying heart diseases are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany. Schmid@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: T D T
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Tjan
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Scheld
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting