Outcomes of Cardiac Retransplantation in Pediatric Population in the US: Analysis of UNOS Data

Abstract

We study the effect of multiple heart transplants on pediatric patients. We analyze UNOS data on transplants between 2006 and 2019, taking demographics and known risk factors for post-transplant mortality into account. Performing a multivariable Cox Regression, we found that cardiac retransplantation was associated with increased post-transplant all-cause mortality, but not for increased acute rejection episodes.

Publication
Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society

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