Heart Transplant

Treatment of Children

Children and adolescents receive heart transplants at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. The pediatric heart and lung transplant team is a multidisciplinary, highly organized group of pediatric specialists. The treatment team includes five cardiac surgeons and three pediatric cardiologists as well as support from pediatric specialists in Infectious Disease, Nephrology, and Psychiatry. See more information about the transplant team.

The first heart transplant in a child at Mayo Clinic was performed in the summer of 1991. The one-year survival for infants, children and adolescents who have had heart transplants at Mayo Clinic is 88.5 percent and the five-year survival is 78.6 percent.

A unit of the Mary Brigh building at Saint Marys Hospital is dedicated to heart and lung transplantation. This is a state-of-the-art facility that includes seven intensive care beds and 14 step-down beds.

Outpatient evaluation and care of patients before and after transplantation are done in the William J. von Liebig Transplant Center, located in the Charlton building on the Mayo Clinic campus. Mayo Clinic works closely with the local Ronald McDonald House and The Gift of Life Transplant House that provide accommodations for patients and families.

Transplant Selection Criteria for Children

Transplant Process for Children

Appointments

For appointments or more information, call the Central Appointment Office at (507) 538-3270 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Central time Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday.

You may also submit an appointment request directly with the Transplant Department using the following secure online appointment request form. We will reply to online requests at the time you specify on the form (before 4 p.m. Central time daily), within 24 hours or on the next business day.