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An HTx in heterotaxy patients can be associated with several technical (e.g. redo, systemic\/pulmonary-venous\/situs anomalies, pulmonary artery reconstruction) and extra-cardiac (e.g. ciliary dyskinesia, infections, gastrointestinal) challenges. Our goal was to determine if heterotaxy syndrome is associated with increased early or late transplant risks.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The United Network for Organ Sharing transplant database was merged with the Paediatric Health Information System administrative database to identify children with heterotaxy who received an HTx. Characteristics and outcomes were compared between children with heterotaxy and contemporaneous non-heterotaxy congenital and non-congenital cardiomyopathy control groups.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>After we merged the databases, we divided our cohort of 1122 patients into 3 groups: the heterotaxy (n\u2009=\u2009143), group the non-heterotaxy congenital (n\u2009=\u2009428) group and the cardiomyopathy (n\u2009=\u2009551) group. There were differences in the characteristics between the 3 groups, with the heterotaxy group being comparable to the non-heterotaxy congenital group. The waiting list duration was longer for the heterotaxy than for the non-heterotaxy congenital and cardiomyopathy groups (91 vs 63 vs 56\u2009days, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). Early post-transplant complications were similar for all groups except for operative mortality, which was 1% for the cardiomyopathy and 4% for the heterotaxy and non-heterotaxy congenital groups (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). The post-transplant hospital stay was shorter for the cardiomyopathy (57 days) compared to the non-heterotaxy congenital (99 days) and heterotaxy (89 days) groups (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). Whereas rejection prior to discharge was comparable between the heterotaxy and the CHD groups, it was higher at 1 year for the heterotaxy (22%) than for the non-heterotaxy congenital (19%) and cardiomyopathy (13%) groups (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). Survival at 5\u2009years was superior for the cardiomyopathy (87%) compared to the heterotaxy (69%) and non-heterotaxy congenital groups (78%) (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). For the heterotaxy group, no risk factors affecting survival were identified on multivariable analysis.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Regardless of the complexity, an HTx in selected children with heterotaxy is associated with good mid-term outcomes. Despite early results that are comparable to those of other patients with CHD, the increasing rejection rate at 1 year and the relatively accelerated attrition at mid-term warrant further follow-up. Due to database limitations in defining morphologic and surgical details, further work is warranted to delineate anatomical and surgical variables that could affect survival.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ejcts\/ezae204","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,24]],"date-time":"2024-05-24T22:08:07Z","timestamp":1716588487000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Outcomes of heart transplants in children with heterotaxy syndrome"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"65","author":[{"given":"Bahaaldin","family":"Alsoufi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Norton Children\u2019s Hospital, University of Louisville , Louisville, KY, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Deborah","family":"Kozik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Norton Children\u2019s Hospital, University of Louisville , Louisville, KY, 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