Prospective Trial of a Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device

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Charles D. Fraser · Baylor College of Medicine

Robert D.B. Jaquiss · Duke University

David N. Rosenthal · Stanford University

Tilman Humpl · University of Toronto

Charles E. Canter · Washington University in St. Louis

Eugene H. Blackstone · Case Western Reserve University

David C. Naftel ·

Abstract

Our trial showed that survival rates were significantly higher with the ventricular assist device than with ECMO. Serious adverse events, including infection, stroke, and bleeding, occurred in a majority of study participants. (Funded by Berlin Heart and the Food and Drug Administration Office of Orphan Product Development; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00583661.).

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Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Complement system in diseases

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 367, Issue 6, pp. 532-541

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1014164

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Prospective Trial of a Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device

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