A single-institutional experience with 36 children less than 5 kilograms supported with the Berlin Heart: Comparison of congenital versus acquired heart disease.

Mark S BleiweisOmar M SharafJoseph PhilipGiles J Peek Yuriy StukovGregory M JanelleAndrew D PitkinKevin J SullivanConnie S NixonDan NealJeffrey Phillip Jacobs

Published in: Cardiology in the young (2024)

Pulsatile ventricular assist device facilitates bridge to transplantation in neonates and infants weighing <5 kg; however, survival after ventricular assist device insertion in these small patients is less in those with CHD in comparison to those with acquired heart disease.

Keyphrases

heart failure
end stage renal disease
left ventricular
pulmonary hypertension
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
young adults
prognostic factors
catheter ablation
low birth weight
mesenchymal stem cells
cell therapy
patient reported