JACC. Heart failure

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JACC. Heart failure · Dec 2017

Multicenter Study

Outcomes of Early Adolescent Donor Hearts in Adult Transplant Recipients.

This study sought to determine outcomes of adult recipients of early adolescent (EA) (10 to 14 years) donor hearts. ⋯ In this largest analysis to date, we found strong evidence that EA donor hearts, not used for pediatric patients, can be safely transplanted in appropriate adult patients and have good outcomes. This finding should help increase the use of EA donor hearts.

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