This landmark Pediatric Heart Transplant Society study, “Outcomes of children bridged to heart transplantation with ventricular assist devices: a multi-institutional study,” was published in May 2006 in Circulation, a journal …
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Did you know the second most common reason for refusal of donor hearts in pediatric heart transplantation is donor size mismatch? Donor-to-recipient size matching is almost exclusively weight-based, but there …
A Novel Method of Donor‒Recipient Size Matching in Pediatric Heart Transplantation Read More »
ACTION defines and collects pediatric heart failure metrics to implement quality improvement initiatives. This study sought to describe medication use at the time of discharge for children admitted with acute …
Establishing Baseline Metrics of Heart Failure Medication Use in Children Read More »
This study, published December 23, 2020 in Heart, compared outcomes and resource use among heart failure in adults with congenital heart disease and heart failure (ACHD-HF) vs. no ACHD: “Greater …
Greater Admissions, Mortality, and Cost of Heart Failure in ACHD Read More »
“Outcomes of children supported with devices labeled as “temporary” or short term: A report from the Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support” was published in The Journal of Heart …
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We know children with advanced heart failure often experience renal dysfunction (RD). This analysis expanded clinical knowledge on changes in renal function after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement in …
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