title: [Heart and lung transplantation in children--current status and perspectives].
abstract: In fact, pediatric organ donation and transplantation give a significant benefit to diseased children and their parents. During recent 3 years, the number of reported pediatric heart transplantation (HT) has remaining unchanged at -450/year, and the number of lung transplantation (LT) was reported around 90/year in the registry of ISHLT. The prognosis is not so different from that of adults, fifty % in LT and 75% in HT at 5 years. Dilated cardiomyopathy in HT and pulmonary arterial hypertension in LT are the most common diseases of indications. Important issues for all pediatricians include availability, and access to donor organ. The warm heart with gift of life or organ donation surely cure children suffered from intractable heart and lung diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Toho University, Medical Center, Omori Hospital.
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saji
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000639:trends*