When your child has a heart transplant
If your child has heart failure that is not amenable to standard medical or surgical therapy, it means the heart is too weak to pump enough blood to your child's body. Severe weakening of the heart muscle and extensive congenital heart problems are the most common conditions that eventually require heart transplants. So that your child can experience the best possible quality of life, a heart transplant may be recommended.
Review the latest statistics from the United Network for Organ Sharing to learn how many children in the United States need heart transplants.
Additional information to help your child, and your entire family prepare: