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Mechanical Ventilation and Outcomes of Children Who Undergo Ventricular Assist Device Placement: 2014–2020 Linked Analysis From the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network and Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium Registries

Placement of a ventricular assist device (VAD) improves outcomes in children with advanced heart failure, but adverse events remain important consequences. Preoperative mechanical ventilation (MV) increases mortality, but it is unknown what impact prolonged postoperative MV has.

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Taking ACTION: A Prognostic Tool for Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Mortality

ACTION Publication, Publications

Abstract We sought to develop a contemporary risk assessment tool for use in pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD) candidates to estimate risk for mortality on the device using readily available

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Initial multicenter experience with ventricular assist devices in children and young adults with muscular dystrophy: An ACTION registry analysis

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Purpose Cardiac disease results in significant morbidity and mortality in patients with muscular dystrophy (MD). Single centers have reported their ventricular assist device (VAD) experience in specific MDs and in

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Farhan Zafar, MD, MS

Cincinnati Children’s

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ISHLT Consensus Statement for the Selection and Management of Pediatric and CHD on VAD

ACTION Publication, Publications

Despite the fact that VADs are now regarded as an important treatment option in pediatric heart failure, most hospitals perform less than 10 VAD surgeries in children a year. “ISHLT

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Hemodynamic Response to Device Titration in the Shunted Single Ventricle Circulation

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It’s critical to optimize clinical outcomes of VAD support for shunted single ventricle patients. “Hemodynamic Response to Device Titration in the Shunted Single Ventricle Circulation: A Patient Cohort Modeling Study”

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A Novel Method of Donor‒Recipient Size Matching in Pediatric Heart Transplantation

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Did you know the second most common reason for refusal of donor hearts in pediatric heart transplantation is donor size mismatch? Donor-to-recipient size matching is almost exclusively weight-based, but there

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Berlin Heart EXCOR and ACTION Post-Approval Surveillance Study Report

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Cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) are a common problem in pediatric VAD support. This Pedimacs analysis investigates rates, risk factors, and outcomes The field of pediatric mechanical circulatory support changed dramatically when

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ABCs of Stroke Prevention

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IMPROVING STROKE OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN SUPPORTED WITH A VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE IN A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT NETWORK ACTION has been working to reduce the frequency of stroke associated with pediatric VAD

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Discharge and Readmissions After Ventricular Assist Device Placement in the US Pediatric Hospitals

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ACTION is working to decrease the amount of time pediatric VAD patients spend in the hospital to get kids home and to stay at home! This descriptive study, published in

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Farhan Zafar

Mechanical Ventilation and Outcomes of Children Who Undergo Ventricular Assist Device Placement: 2014–2020 Linked Analysis From the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network and Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium Registries

Taking ACTION: A Prognostic Tool for Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Mortality

Initial multicenter experience with ventricular assist devices in children and young adults with muscular dystrophy: An ACTION registry analysis

Farhan Zafar

ISHLT Consensus Statement for the Selection and Management of Pediatric and CHD on VAD

Hemodynamic Response to Device Titration in the Shunted Single Ventricle Circulation

A Novel Method of Donor‒Recipient Size Matching in Pediatric Heart Transplantation

Berlin Heart EXCOR and ACTION Post-Approval Surveillance Study Report

ABCs of Stroke Prevention

Discharge and Readmissions After Ventricular Assist Device Placement in the US Pediatric Hospitals

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