Impact Of Ventricular Assist Device Use On Pediatric Heart Transplant Outcomes In A Linked Cohort Of The Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION) And Pediatric Heart Transplant Society (PHTS) Databases.
PURPOSE Pediatric ventricular assist devices (VAD) improve waitlist mortality. We aimed to compare outcomes after heart transplant (HT) based on pre-HT support in patients <18 years at listing. METHODS VAD and post-HT data were linked between ACTION and PHTS databases, respectively (4/1/2018-6/30/2022). Support group...