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Key references
Pediatric cardiac transplantation
James K. Kirklin, MDa
a Department of Surgery, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Address reprint requests to Dr Kirklin, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama in Birmingham, 739 Zeigler Bldg, 703 S 19th St, Birmingham, AL 35294
e-mail: jkirklin{at}uab.edu
Allograft Vasculopathy
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- Pahl E, Crawford SE, Swenson JM, et al. Dobutamine stress echocardiography: experience in pediatric heart transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant 1999;18:72532.[Medline]
- Razzouk AJ, Chinnock RE, Dearani JA, Gundry SR, Bailey LL. Cardiac retransplantation for graft vasculopathy in children. Arch Surg 1998;133:8815.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
- Suda K, Kohl T, Kovalchin JP, Silverman NH. Echocardiographic predictors of poor outcome in infants with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol 1997;80:595600.[Medline]
Cardiomyopathy
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Diagnosis of Rejection by Echo
- Boucek MM, Mathis CM, Boucek RJ, et al. Prospective evaluation of echocardiography for primary rejection surveillance after infant heart transplantation: comparison with endomyocardial biopsy. J Heart Lung Transplant 1994;13:6673.[Medline]
- Loker J, Darragh R, Ensing G, Caldwell R. Echocardiographic analysis of rejection in the infant heart transplant recipient. J Heart Lung Transplant 1994;13:10148.[Medline]
Donor Issues
- Boucek MM, Mathis CM, Kanakriyeh MS, et al. Donor shortage: use of the dysfunctional donor heart. J Heart Lung Transplant 1993;12:S18890.
- De Begona JA, Gundry SR, Razzouk AJ, Boucek MM, Bailey L. Prolonged ischemic times in pediatric heart transplantation: early and late results. Transplant Proc 1993;25:16458.[Medline]
- Grant JW, Canter CE, Spray TL, et al. Elevated donor cardiac troponin I. A marker of acute graft failure in infant heart recipients. Circulation 1994;90:261821.[Free Full Text]
- McGowan FX, Cao-Danh H, Takeuchi K, Davis PJ, del Nido PJ. Prolonged neonatal myocardial preservation with a highly buffered low-calcium solution. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994;108:7729.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
- Ottinger ME, Pearsall L, Lipshultz SE. New developments in the biochemical assessment of myocardial injury in children: troponins T and I as highly sensitive and specific markers of myocardial injury. Prog Pediatr Cardiol 1998;8:7181.
- Peterseim DS, Chestnut LC, Meyers CH, DAmico TA, van Trigt P, Schwinn DA. Stability of the ß-adrenergic receptor/adenylyl cyclase pathway of pediatric myocardium after brain death. J Heart Lung Transplant 1994;13:63540.[Medline]
- Tamisier D, Vouhé P, LeBidois J, Mauriat P, Khoury W, Leca F. Donor-recipient size matching in pediatric heart transplantation: a word of caution about small grafts. J Heart Lung Transplant 1996;15:1905.[Medline]
Exercise Performance
- Hsu DT, Garafano RP, Douglas JF, et al. Exercise performance after pediatric heart transplantation. Circulation 1993;88:23842.
- Nixon PA, Fricker FJ, Noyes BE, Webber SA, Orenstein DM, Armitage JM. Exercise testing in pediatric heart, heart-lung and lung transplant recipients. Chest 1995;107:132835.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
Growth After Transplantation
- Chinnock RE, Baum M. Somatic growth in infant heart transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation 1998;2;304.
- Hirsch R, Huddleston CB, Mendeloff EN, Sekarski TJ, Canter CE. Infant and donor organ growth after Hewart transplantation in neonates with hypoplastiac left heart syndrome. J Heart Lung Transplant 1996;15:1093100.[Medline]
- Zales VR, Wright KL, Paul E, et al. Normal left ventricular muscle mass and mass/volume ratio after pediatric cardiac transplantation. Circulation 1994;90:615.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
Heart Transplantation for Congenital Heart Disease
- Graham K, Sondheimer H, Schaffer M. Resolution of cavopulmonry shunt-associated pulmonary arteriovenous malformation after heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 1997;16:12714.[Medline]
- Razzouk AJ, Gundry SR, Chinnock RE, et al. Orthotopic transplantation for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection associated with complex congenital heart disease. J Heart Lung Transplant 1995;14:7137.[Medline]
Indications
- Boucek MM, Mathis CM, Razzouk A, et al. Indications and contraindications for heart transplantation in infancy. J Heart Lung Transplant 1993;12:S1548.[Medline]
Infection
- Schowengerdt KO, Naftel DC, Seib PM, et al. Infection after pediatric heart transplantation: results of a multi-institutional study. J Heart Lung Transplant 1997;16:120716.[Medline]
Neonatal Transplantation
- Chiavarelli M, Boucek MM, Nehlsen-Cannarella SL, Gundry SR, Razzouk AJ, Bailey LL. Neonatal cardiac transplantation: intermediate term results and incidence of rejection. Arch Surg 1992;127:10726.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
- Shirali O, Cephus C, Dyar, et al. Coarctation of aorta following infant/pediatric cardiac transplantation [Abstract]. J Heart Lung Transplant 1996;15:571.
Neurologic Development
- Eke CE, Gundry SR, Baum MF, Chinnock RE, Razzouk AJ, Bailey LL. Neurologic sequelae of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in cardiac transplant infants. Ann Thorac Surg 1996;61:7838.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
- Wray J, Pot-Mees C, Zeitlin H, Radley-Smith R, Yacoub Magdi. Cognitive function and behavioral status in paediatric heart and heart-lung transplant recipients: the Harefield experience. Br Med J 1994;309:83741.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
Posttransplant Lymphoma
- Zangwill SD, Hsu DT, Kichuk MR, et al. Incidence and outcome of primary Epstein-Barr virus infection and lymphoproliferative disease in pediatric heart transplant recipients. J Heart Lung Transplant 1998;17:11616.[Medline]
Pulmonary Hypertension
- Adatia I, Perry S, Landzberg ML, et al. Inhaled nitric oxide and hemodynamic evaluation of patients with pulmonary hypertension before transplantation. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995;25:165664.[Abstract]
- Bauer J, Dapper F, Demirakca S, Knothe C, Thul J, Hagel KJ. Perioperative management of pulmonary hypertension after heart transplantation in childhood. J Heart Lung Transplant 1997;16:123847.[Medline]
- Berner M, Beghetti M, Sphar-Schopfer I. Inhaled nitric oxide to test the vasodilator capacity of the pulmonary vascular bed in children with long standing pulmonary hypertension and congenital heart disease. Am J Cardiol 1996;77:5325.[Medline]
- Chen JM, Levin HR, Michler RE, et al. Reevaluating the significance of pulmonary hypertension before cardiac transplantation: determination of optimal thresholds and quantification of the effect of reversibility on perioperative mortality. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997;114:62734.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
- Fukushima N, Gundry SR, Razzouk AJ, Bailey LL. Risk factors for graft failure associated with pulmonary hypertension after pediatric heart transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994;107:9859.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
- Gajarski RJ, Towbin JA, Bricker JT, et al. Intermediate follow-up of pediatric heart transplant recipients with elevated pulmonary vascular resistance index. J Am Coll Cardiol 1994;23:16827.[Abstract]
Rejection
- Chinnock RE, Baum MF, Larsen R, Bailey L. Rejection management and long-term surveillance of the pediatric heart transplant recipient: the Loma Linda experience. J Heart Lung Transplant 1993;12(6 Pt 2):S25564.[Medline]
- Shaddy RE, Bullock EA, Tani LY, et al. Methotrexate therapy in pediatric heart transplantation as treatment of recurrent mild to moderate acute cellular rejection. J Heart Lung Transplant 1994;13:100913.[Medline]
- Shah MB, Schroeder TJ, First MR. Guidelines for immunosuppression management and monitoring after transplantation in children. Transplant Rev 1999;13:8397.
- Boucek R, Naftel D, Boucek M, et al. Induction immunotherapy in pediatric heart transplant recipients: a multi-institution evaluation. J Heart Lung Transplant 1999;18:4609.[Medline]
Steroid Withdrawal
- Canter CE, Moorhead S, Saffitz JE, Huddleston CB, Spray TL. Steroid withdrawal in the pediatric heart transplant recipient initially treated with triple immunosuppression. J Heart Lung Transplant 1994;13:7480.[Medline]
Survival
- Canter C, Naftel D, Caldwell R, et al. Survival and risk factors for death after cardiac transplantation in infants: a multi institutional study. Circulation 1997;96:22731.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
- McGiffin DC, Naftel DC, Kirklin JK, et al. Predicting outcome following listing for cardiac transplantation in children: comparison of Kaplan-Meier and parametric competing risk analysis. J Heart Lung Transplant 1997;16:71322.[Medline]
- Morrow WR, Naftel D, Chinnock R, et al. Outcome of listing for cardiac transplantation in infants under 6 months. Predictors of death and interval to transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 1997;16:125566.[Medline]
- Shaddy RE, Naftel DC, Kirklin JK, et al. Outcome of cardiac transplantation in children: survival in a contemporary multi-institutional experience. Circulation 1996;94(Suppl II):6973.
- Sigfusson G, Fricker FJ, Bernstein D, et al. Long-term survivors of pediatric heart transplantation: a multicenter report of sixty-eight children who have survived longer than five years. J Pediatr 1997;130:86271.[Medline]
- Slaughter MS, Braunlin E, Bolman RMI, Molina JE, Shumway SJ. Pediatric heart transplantation: results of 2 and 5 year followup. Heart Lung Transplant 1994;13:62430.[Medline]