Learn about donor hearts and what will happen to the donor heart before it is transplanted.
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.
Learn how unrelated donors are found, before your child's blood and marrow transplant.
A heart transplant operation takes four to 10 hours. Learn what happens during the transplant and the major problems that may occur.
Learn what a related donor, including sibling donors, experiences before the blood and marrow transplant.
Learn about the procedures during your child's allogeneic blood and marrow transplant.
Learn about organ and tissue donation by children with a heart condition.
Learn what happens during a donor's stem cells harvest.
Information about different heart conditions, including congenital heart conditions such as atrial septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus. Also discussed are arrhythmias, blue spells and congestive heart failure.
Your health-care team may offer red blood cell transfusions or stem cell transplants to treat your sickle cell disease. Learn about both treatments, including their benefits and risks.
Your child's health-care team may offer stem cell transplants to treat your child's sickle cell disease. Learn about the treatment, including its benefits and risks.
Learn about the types of heart conditions that arise in children. Congenital heart defects and heart rhythm problems are among the conditions discussed.
Find out why you might need a kidney transplant, how your healthcare team will check that you are ready for transplant surgery and what to do while you are waiting for your new kidney.
