Does psychoactive medication use worsen long-term outcomes in pediatric heart transplant recipients?
Psychoactive medication use in pediatric heart transplant recipients is associated with adverse long-term outcomes, highlighting a potential high-risk subgroup.
A significant proportion of pediatric heart transplant recipients take psychoactive medications. Psychoactive medication usage is associated with worse long-term outcomes including graft loss and coronary artery disease.
Schauer et al. (Wed,) studied this question.