Quality of life in adult survivors greater than 10 years after pediatric heart transplantation.

Background: This study assessed quality of life (QOL) in adult survivors of pediatric heart transplantation who survived > or = 10 years after transplantation.

Methods: Prospective data were collected from heart transplant recipients who were aged > or = 18 years and had survived > or = 10 years after transplantation (transplantation between July 3, 1986, and April 4, 1997). QOL data were collected from patients using the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form (SF-36) Health Survey.