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Listed pediatric heart transplant patients have the highest solid‐organ waitlist mortality rate. The donor‐recipient body weight (DRBW) ratio is the clinical standard for allograft size matching but may unnecessarily limit a patient's donor pool. To overcome DRBW ratio limitations, two methods of performing virtual heart transplant fit assessments were developed that account for patient‐specific nuances. Method 1 uses an allograft total cardiac volume (TCV) prediction model informed by patient data wherein a matched allograft 3‐D reconstruction is selected from a virtual library for assessment. Method 2 uses donor images for a direct virtual transplant assessment.