Ventricular assist devices in children: Progress with an orphan device application

Circulation

Volumn 129, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1530-1537

  Vanderpluym, Christina J ^a   Fynn Thompson, Francis ^a,b   Blume, Elizabeth D ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD PUMP; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILDHOOD; COMPASSIONATE USE; DEVICE APPROVAL; DEVICE SAFETY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

CHILD; COMPASSIONATE USE TRIALS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; PEDIATRICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL DEVICE LEGISLATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84897986332     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005574     Document Type: Article

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