Christopher S Almond, Ryan Davies, Iki Adachi, Marc Richmond, Sabrina Law, Hari Tunuguntla, Chad Mao, Fawwaz Shaw, Jodie Lantz, Peter D Wearden, Lori C Jordan, Rebecca N Ichord, Kristin Burns, Victor Zak, Ashley Magnavita, Selena Gonzales, Jennifer Conway, Aamir Jeewa, D 'Andrea Freemon, Mario Stylianou, Lynn Sleeper, John C Dykes, Michael Ma, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Angela Lorts, David Morales, Christina Vanderpluym, Kurt Dasse, M Patricia Massicotte, Robert Jaquiss, William T Mahle
BACKGROUND: There is no FDA-approved left ventricular assist device (LVAD) for smaller children permitting routine hospital discharge. Smaller children supported with LVADs typically remain hospitalized for months awaiting heart transplant-a major burden for families and a challenge for hospitals. We describe the initial outcomes of the Jarvik 2015, a miniaturized implantable continuous flow LVAD, in the NHLBI-funded Pumps for Kids, Infants, and Neonates (PumpKIN) study, for bridge-to-heart transplant...
April 30, 2024: Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation