JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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The treatment of neonates with irreparable heart valve dysfunction remains an unsolved problem because there are no heart valve implants that grow. Therefore, neonates with heart valve implants are committed to recurrent implant exchanges until an adult-sized valve can fit. ⋯ In this child, partial heart transplant delivered growing heart valve implants with a good outcome at age 1 year. Partial heart transplants may improve the treatment of neonates with irreparable heart valve dysfunction.