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CASE REPORT
Year : 2015  |  Volume : 1  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 78-81

Pediatric heart transplantation in India: Transplantation of an adult heart in a child


1 Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
3 Department of Cardiac Anesthesia, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
4 Department of Organ Retrieval Banking Organization, CN Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Correspondence Address:
Prof. Balram Airan
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Room 5, 7th Floor, CN Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi
India
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/2395-5414.157582

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After the first successful adult heart transplant in India at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, in 1994, we did our first pediatric heart transplant in 2015. An adult heart was successfully transplanted into a 10-year-old child. The steps from planning to the execution of the surgery and successful discharge of the patient are hereby discussed.


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