title: Pediatric Thoracic Organ Transplantation: Current Indications, Techniques, and Imaging Findings.
abstract: In the past decade, with improved surgical technique and knowledge of immunosuppression, pediatric lung and heart transplantation have been established as viable therapeutic interventions for pediatric patients with end-stage cardiopulmonary disease from various underlying congenital and acquired disorders. Although outcomes for pediatric patients are similar to those for adult patients, thoracic organ transplantation in this special age group carries unique challenges for preoperative and postoperative imaging evaluation. The article provides an up-to-date review of the postoperative transplant anatomy, imaging techniques, and complications of pediatric lung and heart transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frost
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, WA 98105, USA.
authors.forename: A Luana
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Stanescu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, WA 98105, USA.
authors.forename: Grace S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Imaging Division, Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: Edward.Lee@childrens.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Edward Y
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Acute rejection; Chronic rejection; Heart transplantation; Infection; Pediatric lung transplantation; Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD)