Centrifugal-flow ventricular assist device support in children: A single-center experience

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 157; no. 4; pp. 1609 - 1617.e2
• Main Authors: Adachi, Iki, Zea-Vera, Rodrigo, Tunuguntla, Hari, Denfield, Susan W., Elias, Barbara, John, Rija, Teruya, Jun, Fraser, Charles D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2019
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age Factors; Cardiomyopathies - diagnostic imaging; Cardiomyopathies - mortality; Cardiomyopathies - physiopathology; Cardiomyopathies - therapy; Child; Child, Preschool; Device Removal; Female; Heart Defects, Congenital - diagnostic imaging; Heart Defects, Congenital - mortality; Heart Defects, Congenital - physiopathology; Heart Defects, Congenital - therapy; heart failure; Heart-Assist Devices; Humans; Male; mechanical circulatory support; outcomes; Prospective Studies; Prosthesis Design; Prosthesis Implantation - adverse effects; Prosthesis Implantation - instrumentation; Prosthesis Implantation - mortality; Recovery of Function; Texas; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Ventricular Function, Left; Texas; INTERMACS; heart failure; BSA; outcomes; mechanical circulatory support; VAD; LV; CF-VAD; PediMACS; CHD

Our institutional policy is to continue centrifugal-flow ventricular assist device support for 3 months or more without activation on the transplant wait-list for physical recovery and assessment of possible myocardial recovery. We evaluated our single-institutional outcomes with centrifugal-flow ve...