100 %
97.2 %
100 %
92.4 %
HEART INSTITUTE
CARDIOLOGY AND HEART SURGERY
Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Program
LEADERSHIP : D . Dunbar Ivy , MD , Chief , Pediatric Cardiology Selby ’ s Chair , Pediatric Cardiology
James Jaggers , MD , Chief , Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery The Barton-Elliman Chair , Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Eduardo da Cruz , MD , Associate Medical Director , Heart Institute
Almost 30 years old , our pediatric heart transplant program is one of the largest and most successful programs in the country .
Our one-year heart transplant outcomes are among the best in the nation according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients ( SRTR ).
Pediatric (< 18 years old ) heart transplant survival rate
100 %
30-day survival ( N = 46 )
Children ' s Colorado
97.2 %
30-day survival
SRTR
THREE
Board-certified congenital cardiothoracic surgeons
FIVE
Transplant cardiologists
For one-year survival , only patients with complete one-year follow-up are included ( transplants performed January 1 , 2013 to June 30 , 2017 ).
100 %
1-year survival ( N = 40 )
92.4 %
1-year survival
higher is better
READ MORE ABOUT CARDIOLOGY AND HEART SURGERY : “ The Future of Single Ventricle Care Will Be Engineered ,” p . 34 |
Median time to transplant
( for candidates January 1 , 2011 to June 30 , 2016 )
2.4 months
Children ' s Colorado
6.8 months
Regional facilities
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8.6 months
National facilities
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lower is better |
“ The Cannula that Saved Kylie ,” p . 52 |
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