It is important to keep your child as healthy as possible before a heart transplant. Learn about what happens while you are waiting for a donor heart to become available.
A heart transplant is surgery that replaces a heart that is not working properly with a healthy donor heart. Learn about heart transplants for children.
A heart transplant operation takes four to 10 hours. Learn what happens during the transplant and the major problems that may occur.
Learn more about common complications after a heart transplant.
Find out why physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a heart transplant.
Children who require heart transplants have complicated medical issues. Learn how physiotherapy can help your child before and after a heart transplant.
Learn what happens during your child's autologous blood and marrow transplant (BMT) procedure.
After a heart transplant, your child will need to stay in hospital for at least two to four weeks. Learn about what is involved in your child's recovery.
After a heart transplant, your child will need a variety of medications, including immunosuppressants, drugs to prevent infection, and drugs to lower blood pressure.
Learn about donor hearts and what will happen to the donor heart before it is transplanted.
A bone marrow transplant may be a treatment for some types of cancer. Read about what to expect before, during and after a bone marrow transplant.
Learn about the late effects after your child's autologous transplant.
Learn about the medical tests your child takes before a blood and marrow transplant.
Learn about dilated cardiomyopathy, a stretching of the heart muscle that usually results in the heart being unable to pump effectively.
Learn about the important role physical activity plays in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a lung transplant.
Learn what happens during your child's allogeneic stem cell transplant.
Learn about late term effects after your child's blood and marrow transplant (BMT).
Read about restrictive cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart muscle becomes very stiff and cannot pump blood effectively.
Find out who will be a part of your transplant team and their roles in your care throughout the transplant process.
Learn about the medical tests your child takes after a blood and marrow transplant.
Learn about the types of heart conditions that arise in children. Congenital heart defects and heart rhythm problems are among the conditions discussed.
