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Ventricular assist device use in single ventricle congenital heart disease
Author(s) -
Carlo Waldemar F.,
Villa Chet R.,
Lal Ashwin K.,
Morales David L.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pediatric transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1399-3046
pISSN - 1397-3142
DOI - 10.1111/petr.13031
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , heart disease , heart failure , cardiology , ventricular assist device , single center , population , disease , intensive care medicine , environmental health
As VAD have become an effective therapy for end‐stage heart failure, their application in congenital heart disease has increased. Single ventricle congenital heart disease introduces unique physiologic challenges for VAD use. However, with regard to the mixed clinical results presented within this review, we suggest that patient selection, timing of implant, and center experience are all important contributors to outcome. This review focuses on the published experience of VAD use in single ventricle patients and details physiologic challenges and novel approaches in this growing pediatric and adult population.