Heart Transplantation

About 75 percent of children requiring heart transplant under 1 year have serious congenital heart defects that cannot be repaired by corrective surgery. The remaining 25 percent have cardiomyopathy. Of children aged 1 to 5 years, half have inoperable congenital heart disease and half have myocarditis of cardiomypathy. Of patients over 5 years , more than 60 oercent require transplant for cardiomyophaty and less than 40 percent for congenital heart disease.