Lessons learned from 119 consecutive cardiac transplants for pediatric and congenital heart disease.

Background: This manuscript reviews all patients who underwent orthotopic heart transplantations (OHT) at our program (116 patients underwent 119 OHT) to describe their diagnostic characteristics and to assess risk factors for mortality.

Methods: Median age at OHT was 179 days (mean, 1,446.6 ± 188.