Heart transplant program

Volumes and outcomes

Pediatric heart transplant volumes

The Pediatric Heart Transplant Program at Children's Memorial is the largest and most comprehensive program of its kind in Illinois. 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 August 9, 2011. Find more information on transplant volumes on the UNOS site.

Data Source: UNOS and internal hospital data.

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 August 9, 2011. Find more information on transplant volumes on the UNOS site.

Data Source: UNOS and internal hospital data

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 and three-year rates above the national average.

Figure 3: The table above compares one-month, one-year, and three-year patient and graft survival rates for pediatric heart transplants for Children's Memorial with the national average. Find more information on the Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients site.

Data Source: Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients

Content last reviewed: August 2011