Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for bridge to heart transplantation among children in the united states: Analysis of data from the organ procurement and transplant network and extracorporeal life support organization registry

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 2975-2984

  Almond, Christopher S ^a,b   Singh, Tajinder P ^a,b   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^a,b,e   Piercey, Gary E ^a   Fynn Thompson, Francis ^a,c   Rycus, Peter T ^d   Bartlett, Robert H ^d   Thiagarajan, Ravi R ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Departments of Pediatrics   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Extracorporeal Life Support Organization   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; heart defects congenital; heart failure; heart assist device; outcome assessment; pediatrics; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLEEDING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; THROMBUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79959922606     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.991505     Document Type: Article

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