Background The Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support
(Pedimacs), originally a National Institutes of Health–sponsored US database, provides a …

Background The influence of ventricular assist device (VAD) use in the care of children with
end-stage heart failure is growing rapidly through increasing numbers, new devices …

Abstract Background The Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support
(Pedimacs) provides detailed information on pediatric patients supported with ventricular …

Background Expanded use of pediatric ventricular assist devices (VADs) has decreased
mortality in children awaiting heart transplantation. Pediatric Interagency Registry for …

Background Use of mechanical circulatory support in children has increased as more
options have become available. A national account of the use of mechanical support in …

BACKGROUND The reported ventricular assist device (VAD) experience in the pediatric
congenital heart disease (CHD) population is limited. We sought to describe contemporary …

Background Historically, the “temporary” or short-term ventricular assist device (VAD) was
used only as a quick bridge to recovery for children with an acute process. In the current era …

Background Ventricular assist devices (VADs) have been used in children on an increasing
basis in recent years. One-year survival rates are now> 80% in multiple reports. In this report …

Background Continuous-flow (CF) ventricular assist devices (VADs) have largely replaced
pulsatile-flow VADs in adult patients. However, there are few data on CF VADs among …

The domain of pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD) has recently gained considerable
attention. Despite the fact that, historically, the practice of pediatric mechanical circulatory …