Volumes and outcomes

Pediatric heart transplant volumes

The Pediatric Heart Transplant Program at Children’s Memorial Hospital is the largest and most comprehensive program of its kind in Illinois and has performed more than 150 heart transplants since the program’s inception in 1988. Our program boasts exceptional first-year survival rates and has impressive longer-term recovery, with most patients experiencing no limitations to normal childhood activity just one year after surgery. 

Figure 1: This graph represents the number of pediatric heart transplants performed by Children’s Memorial Hospital on all patients from January 2003 through November 2008 as reported by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). For more information on transplant volumes, see www.unos.org.

Data Source: United Network for Organ Sharing

Figure 2: This graph represents the number of pediatric heart transplants performed on all patients by age from January 1988, when the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) began tracking the data, through November 2008. For more information on transplant volumes, see www.unos.org.

Data Source: United Network for Organ Sharing

Pediatric heart transplant outcomes

Children’s Memorial Hospital boasts exceptional pediatric heart transplant survival rates for both patient and graft (also called organ), with one-year survival rates above the national average.

Figure 3: The table above compares one-month and one-year patient and graft survival rates for pediatric heart transplants for Children’s Memorial with the national average.

Data Source: Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (www.ustransplant.org)

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