Post-transplant Outcomes of Children Bridged to Transplant With the Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device | Zendy

Pirooz Eghtesady | Zendy; Christopher S. Almond | Zendy; Christine Tjossem | Zendy; Deirdre J. Epstein | Zendy; Michiaki Imamura | Zendy; Mark W. Turrentine | Zendy; James S. Tweddell | Zendy; Robert D.B. Jaquiss | Zendy; Charles E. Canter | Zendy

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Post-transplant Outcomes of Children Bridged to Transplant With the Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device

Author(s) -

Pirooz Eghtesady,

Christopher S. Almond,

Christine Tjossem,

Deirdre J. Epstein,

Michiaki Imamura,

Mark W. Turrentine,

James S. Tweddell,

Robert D.B. Jaquiss,

Charles E. Canter

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.112.000446

Subject(s) - medicine , ventricular assist device , heart transplantation , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , cardiomyopathy , cohort , transplantation , organ procurement , cardiology , heart failure

Recent data suggest that Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric (EXCOR) ventricular assist device improves waiting list survival for pediatric heart transplant candidates. Little is known about their post-transplant outcomes. The aim of this analysis was to determine whether there was a difference in early survival for children bridged to transplant with EXCOR versus status 1A pediatric heart transplant patients not transplanted with ventricular assist device support.

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