[Cross-border organ exchange programs in the Nordics allow more lives to be saved]

Oscar van der Have1, Håkan Wåhlander2, Karin Tran-Lundmark3

  • 1med dr, ST-läkare, Barnhjärtcentrum, Skånes universitetssjukhus Lund; institutionen för experimentell medicinsk vetenskap och Wallenberg centrum för molekylärmedicin, Lunds universitet.

Lakartidningen
|January 26, 2026
PubMed

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Pediatric heart transplantation survival rates in the Nordic region have improved, even with longer wait times. Outcomes remain comparable to larger international registries despite fewer annual transplants.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Cardiology
  • Transplantation Medicine
  • Public Health

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