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SUBMITTER: Miller JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4231823 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Miller Jacob R JR Eghtesady Pirooz P
Journal of comparative effectiveness research 20140901 5
Despite advances in medical and surgical therapies, some children with congenital heart disease (CHD) are not able to be adequately treated or palliated, leading them to develop progressive heart failure. As these patients progress to end-stage heart failure they pose a unique set of challenges. Heart transplant remains the standard of care; the donor pool, however, remains limited. Following the experience from the adult realm, the pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD) has emerged as a vali ...[more]