The mission of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association includes
increasing access to high-quality, evidence-based care that improves patient outcomes such …

The field of mechanical circulatory support has made great strides in the preceding 2
decades. Although pediatric mechanical circulatory support has lagged behind that of …

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 …

The number of potential pediatric heart transplant recipients continues to exceed the number
of donors, and consequently the waitlist mortality remains significant. Despite this, around …

Background: Pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD) use has evolved dramatically over the
last 2 decades. Objectives: This study sought to describe the evolution of VAD support to …

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 …

Cardiac transplantation for children with end‐stage cardiac disease with no other medical or
surgical options is now standard. The number of children in need of cardiac transplant …

Background Heart failure (HF) is a significant cause of mortality in children and therefore
there is interest in understanding the optimal way to support these children with Ventricular …

Background Ventricular assist device (VAD) use as a bridge to transplant (BTT) for children
with end-stage heart failure and congenital heart disease (CHD), although challenging, has …

Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are increasingly used to support children to heart
transplant, however, it is unclear whether this trend is broadly applicable across the age/size …