Outpatient follow-up

The four major aims of long-term outpatient follow-up of children with heart and heart-lung transplants are

• Identification of rejection reactions
• Monitoring of immunosuppression
• Identification and treatment of drug side effects
• Monitoring the patient’s mental and physical development and providing psychological support for patients and their families

For this reason, each patient is given a detailed follow-up plan that is tailored individually to each patient beyond the basic follow-up.