Reducing the wait: TCV can expand the donor pool for heart transplant candidates

Nicholas A Szugye; Ryan A Moore; Alia Dani; Angela Lorts; Farhan Zafar; David L S Morales

doi:10.1111/petr.14012

Reducing the wait: TCV can expand the donor pool for heart transplant candidates

Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Jun;25(4):e14012. doi: 10.1111/petr.14012. Epub 2021 Mar 23.

Authors

Nicholas A Szugye¹, Ryan A Moore^{1

2}, Alia Dani¹, Angela Lorts^{1

2}, Farhan Zafar^{1

2}, David L S Morales^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Abstract

A 16-year-old with new-onset dilated cardiomyopathy underwent VAD placement, later complicated by low flow from outflow graft kinking. To expedite heart transplantation, TCV was calculated and compared with 141 normal patients pinpointing the upper weight threshold. He was transplanted 2 days later within the expanded weight range with no post-transplant complications.

Keywords: CT; TCV; heart transplantation; pediatric; pediatric heart transplantation; size matching.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Cardiac Volume*
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / surgery*
Donor Selection / methods*
Heart Transplantation*
Humans
Male
Time-to-Treatment
Waiting Lists

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding