2022 ACT-VAD Registry Data Report
Tthe 2022 ACT-VAD Registry Data Report highlights our VAD registry data findings from April 2018 thru December 2022.
Tthe 2022 ACT-VAD Registry Data Report highlights our VAD registry data findings from April 2018 thru December 2022.
Check out the newest One Page Summary (OPS) featuring the Berlin Heart EXCOR® Active This OPS includes an overview of the device pump settings, system preferences, pump optimization, power sources, accessories, alarms …
Check out the newest One Page Summary (OPS) featuring the Abiomed Impella® This OPS includes an overview of the device size selection, system components, pump settings, waveforms, as well as highlighting anticoagulation, …
Andrea Fasbinder, MSN, RN, PHN
Stanford Children’s Health / Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
It was great to see many of you at ISHLT this month! Congratulations to the many authors and co-authors involved in the ACTION abstracts shared at ISHLT (details below).
We had over 100 members at the ACTION meeting who worked together to align Adverse Event definitions and learn about our new initiative—ACTION Global. The launch of ACTION Global is an expanded effort to involve more international sites with an end goal of improving patient outcomes globally by sharing data and practices around the world.
Excellent outcomes, for our patients and families, remains the cornerstone of ACTION. By bidirectional sharing of experiences across the globe, we will bring new knowledge and therapies to the bedside, …
Prompted by needs and interests of our Families in ACTION (FACT) Committee, ACTION recently joined forces with a fellow Cardiac Networks United organization, the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative to: develop patient …
Hearts & Minds: Neurodevelopment in Pediatric Heart Failure and VAD Patients Read More »
Individuals with Fontan circulation are at risk of late mortality from both cardiac and noncardiac causes. Despite the known risk of mortality, referral indications for advanced heart failure care vary …
Check out ACTION’s Pediatric Heart Failure Toolkit. Download patient and care team friendly handouts below. Providers For more tools, including a Heart Failure Daily Communication Checklist and a Heart Failure Discharge Plan login …