Outcomes of Heart Transplantation in Small Children Bridged With Ventricular Assist Devices

Monday, October 7, 2013

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Source Name: Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(13)01159-4/abstract

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Arman Kilic, Kristen Nelson, Janet Scheel, William Ravekes, Duke E. Cameron, Luca A. Vricella

Outcomes for small children (<10kg) bridged to heart transplant with VADs were compared to those who were not bridged. 2:1 propensity score matching was used to create comparison groups. Survival of 59 bridged pts was similar to that of 108 non-bridged pts, and most major complication rates were similar. Strokes occurred in 8.5% of bridged pts and 0.9% of non-bridged pts.