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What is the sucess rate of infant heart transplant surgery?
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Pretty good: The surgery not very comlicated and is almost always successful , if there is a good match. The survival is ~70% in 5 years. As rejection prevention strategies improve the long term survival will improve further.
Answered 5/9/2014
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