Indications

In childhood, a fundamental distinction is made between congenital and acquired heart and heart/lung diseases when heart and heart-lung transplantation is indicated.

The acquired heart diseases include:

• Cardiomyopathies
• Life-threatening arrhythmias
• Benign cardiac tumours
• Secondary pulmonary hypertension

The congenital heart diseases include:

• Defects without further operative options
• Myocardial pump failure
• Primary pulmonary hypertension