The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
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J. Heart Lung Transplant. · Sep 2011
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyOutcomes after listing for primary transplantation for infants with unoperated-on non-hypoplastic left heart syndrome congenital heart disease: a multi-institutional study.
Although heart transplantation has been used as the primary therapy for congenital heart lesions in infants other than hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), the outcomes in this group of patients have not been determined. ⋯ Use of heart transplantation as primary therapy for non-HLHS infants has not improved over time and currently is associated with significantly poorer results vs HLHS and cardiomyopathy due to a higher risk for death before transplant.