Outcomes of Congenital Heart Surgery Patients After Extracorporeal Life Support at Texas Children's Hospital

• Published in: Artificial organs Vol. 28; no. 10; pp. 963 - 966
• Main Authors: Ündar, Akif, McKenzie, E. Dean, McGarry, Mary C., Owens, W. Richard, Surprise, Deborah L., Kilpack, Vicki D., Mueller, Maryann W., Stayer, Stephen A., Andropoulos, Dean B., Towbin, Jeffrey A., Fraser Jr, Charles D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK and Malden, USA Blackwell Science Inc 01.10.2004
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Biomedicus centrifugal left ventricular assist device; Cardiopulmonary Bypass; Child; Child, Preschool; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; Heart Defects, Congenital - mortality; Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery; Heart Defects, Congenital - therapy; Heart-Assist Devices; Hospitals, Pediatric; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Neonates and infants; Pediatric extracorporeal life support systems; Survival Rate; Texas; Thoratec left ventricular assist device; Treatment Outcome; Texas

: The objective of this study was to investigate the outcomes of children with heart failure of various etiologies requiring temporary use of currently available technology in the U.S.A. after extracorporeal life support (ECLS) [left ventricular assist device (LVAD) or extracorporeal membrane oxygen...