The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 3 , Pages 632-639 , March 2007

Over two decades of pediatric heart transplantation: How has survival changed?

Read at the Eighty-sixth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Philadelphia, Pa, April 29-May 3, 2006.

  • David L.S. Morales, MD

      Affiliations

    • Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
    • Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Tex
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: David L.S. Morales, MD, Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, 6621 Fannin St, MC-WT 19345H, Houston, TX 77030.
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  • William J. Dreyer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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  • Susan W. Denfield, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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  • Jeffrey S. Heinle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
    • Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Tex
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  • E. Dean McKenzie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
    • Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Tex
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  • Daniel E. Graves, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Tex
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  • Jack F. Price, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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  • Jeffrey A. Towbin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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  • O.H. Frazier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Texas Heart Institute at St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Houston, Tex.
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  • Denton A. Cooley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Texas Heart Institute at St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Houston, Tex.
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  • Charles D. Fraser Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
    • Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Tex

Received 29 April 2006 ,Revised 25 August 2006 ,Accepted 25 September 2006.

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PII: S0022-5223(06)01950-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.09.055

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 3 , Pages 632-639 , March 2007

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