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The Pulse eNewsletter - February 2025

The Pulse — February 2024

Let’s make 2025 our best year yet! We wrapped 2024 with the exciting announcement for the FDA expanded label of Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s Impella Support System to include treatment for certain children suffering from heart failure. Achievements like this would not be possible without the continued efforts and dedication of our ACTION centers providing care to these patients, as well as entering, cleaning, and adjudicating the data. We also continued access to the Berlin Heart Active Driver under the extended trial, and we published many new ACTION manuscripts.

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Ventricular assist device implantation in children with a mechanical valve: An ACTION registry analysis

Patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) frequently have had valve interventions, including replacement with a mechanical valve. The impact of a mechanical valve on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation is not well characterized.

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