If the patients survive for this time there is high chance about 90 to survive at least one year.
Baby heart transplant life expectancy.
What happens after heart transplant surgery.
Most programs now report that more than 70 of their recipients survive at least 5 years.
The critical period when it comes to infant heart transplant success rate is the period during the first few days after the procedure.
The heart transplant life expectancy in children would vary as compared to adults.
After heart transplant surgery your child be in the cardiac intensive care unit cicu.
Of those who survive the first year half are alive 13 5 years after a transplant.
In any case the heart transplant life expectancy figures show that more than 70 of recipients live for at least 5 years after they have received a transplant.
You can visit your child there for brief periods.
Infant heart transplant life expectancy depends on how quickly the infant receives a heart.
Life expectancy after a heart transplant depends a great deal on a person s medical condition and age.
The average success rate is about 95 in most medical centers licensed for heart transplant surgeries.
In general though statistics show that among all people who have a heart transplant half are alive 11 years after transplant surgery.
Doctors agree that the first month 30 days after the surgery is crucial for the success of the transplant.
How long you live after a heart transplant depends on many things including age general health and response to the transplant.
Availability of advanced technology and expert medical advice.
If this happens within the first few weeks of life the life expectancy is fairly high.
The 10 year survival rate for children who receive a pediatric heart transplant.
At vanderbilt children s hospital survival rates at 10 years are exceeding 73.
However according to american heart association as of june 5 2009 the one year survival rate was 88 for males and 77 2 percent for females.
Recent figures show that 75 of heart transplant patients live at.
In general though statistics show that among all people who have a heart transplant half.
The three year survival rate was about 79 3 percent for males and 77 2 percent for females.
Infants who survive the first couple of weeks of their procedure tend to live beyond 5 years without any complications.
About 95 of the patients who had the transplant have a significant improvement in their quality of life too.
Life expectancy after a heart transplant is 85 the first year.
As the infant s immune system develops the chances of a high infant.
Statistics of life expectancy.
