Outcomes of Children Supported With Pulsatile Paracorporeal Ventricular Assist Device: Congenital Versus Acquired Heart Disease.
Mark S BleiweisJoseph PhilipYuriy StukovGiles J PeekGregory M JanelleAndrew D PitkinKevin J SullivanJames C FudgeHimesh V VyasJose F Hernandez-RiveraDan NealOmar M SharafJeffrey Phillip JacobsPublished in: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery (2023)
Pulsatile VAD facilitates bridge-to-transplantation in neonates, infants, and children with CHD; however, survival after VAD insertion is worse in patients with CHD than in patients with AHD.