May 1, 2002Current Opinion in Cardiology
Cardiomyopathy and heart transplantation in children
Population
Children with cardiomyopathy requiring heart transplantation
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May inform pediatric cardiomyopathy transplant decisions; leaves open the need for prospective studies on long-term outcomes.
Structured PICO
P
Population
Children with cardiomyopathy (dilated, restrictive, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with poor ventricular function) requiring heart transplantation
I
Intervention
Heart transplantation
This review summarizes the current indications and outcomes of heart transplantation in children with various forms of cardiomyopathy.
Cite This Study
Jeffrey A. Towbin (2002) studied this question.