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A Single-Institutional Experience with 36 Children Smaller Than 5 Kilograms Supported with the Berlin Heart Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) over 12 Years: Comparison of Patients with Biventricular versus Functionally Univentricular Circulation

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Source URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21501351221146150

Author(s)

Bleiweis MS, Philip J, Peek GJ, Stukov Y, Janelle GM, Pitkin AD, Sullivan KJ, Nixon CS, Sharaf OM, Neal D, Jacobs JP.

In a study meant to review outcomes in patients less than 5 kg supported by the Berlin Heart pulsatile ventricular assist device (VAD), it was found that the device is an affective bridge to transplant in small children. However, survival is less in patients with univentricular circulation in comparison to those with biventricular circulation.