Pediatric Heart Transplant Waiting List Times in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic

John Iguidbashian; Dor Yoeli; Melanie D Everitt; David N Campbell; Max B Mitchell; James Jaggers; Matthew L Stone

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.34874

Pediatric Heart Transplant Waiting List Times in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Oct 3;5(10):e2234874. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.34874.

Authors

John Iguidbashian¹, Dor Yoeli¹, Melanie D Everitt², David N Campbell², Max B Mitchell², James Jaggers², Matthew L Stone²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.
² Department of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Colorado, Aurora.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study investigates the association between the COVID-19 pandemic and waiting list times among pediatric heart transplant recipients in the US.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Child
Heart Transplantation*
Humans
Pandemics
Tissue and Organ Procurement*
Waiting Lists