transplantation.AnnThoracSurg.
2015;99(2):635–640.
12.LowryAW,AdachiI,GregoricID,JeewaA,
MoralesDL.Thepotentialtoavoidheart
transplantationinchildren:outpatientbridgeto
recoverywithanintracorporealcontinuous-flow
leftventricularassistdeviceina14-year-old.
CongenitHeartDis.2012;7(6):E91–E96.
13.AlmondCS,GauvreauK,CanterCE,etal.A
risk-predictionmodelforin-hospitalmortality
afterhearttransplantationinUSchildren.AmJ
Transplant.2012;12(5):1240–1248.
14.FeldmanD,PamboukianSV,TeutebergJJ,etal.
The2013internationalsocietyforheartandlung
transplantationguidelinesformechanical
circulatorysupport:executivesummary.JHeart
LungTransplant.2013;32(2):157–187.
15.BlumeED,RosenthalDN,RossanoJW,etal.
Outcomesofchildrenimplantedwithventricular
assistdevicesintheUnitedStates:firstanalysis
ofthepediatricinteragencyregistryfor
mechanicalcirculatorysupport(PediMACS).J
HeartLungTransplant.2016;35(5):578–584.
16.RossanoJW,LortsA,VanderPluymCJ,etal.
Outcomesofpediatricpatientssupportedwith
continuous-flowventricularassistdevices:A
reportfromthepediatricinteragencyregistryfor
mechanicalcirculatorysupport(PediMACS).J
HeartLungTransplant.2016;35(5):585–590.
17.PerriG,FilippelliS,AdorisioR,etal.Left
ventricularassistdeviceasdestinationtherapyin
cardiacend-stagedystrophinopathies:midterm
results.JThoracCardiovascSurg.2016.
18.RyanTD,JefferiesJL,SawnaniH,etal.
ImplantationoftheHeartMateIIandHeartWare
leftventricularassistdevicesinpatientswith
duchennemusculardystrophy:lessonslearned
fromthefirstapplications.ASAIOJ.
2014;60(2):246–248.
19.IrvingCA,CrosslandDS,HaynesS,etal.
Evolvingexperiencewithexplantationfrom
BerlinHeartEXCORventricularassistdevice
supportinchildren.JHeartLungTransplant.
2014;33(2):211–213.
20.DaviesRR,RussoMJ,HongKN,etal.Theuse
ofmechanicalcirculatorysupportasabridgeto
transplantationinpediatricpatients:ananalysis
oftheUnitedNetworkforOrganSharing
database.JThoracCardiovascSurg.
2008;135(2):421–427[7.e1].
21.LortsA,EghtesadyP,MeheganM,etal.
Outcomesofchildrensupportedwithdevices
labeledas“temporary”orshort-term:areport
fromthepediatricinteragencyregistryfor
mechanicalcirculatorysupport(Pedimacs).J
HeartLungTransplant.2018.
22.ConwayJ,Al-AklabiM,GranoskiD,etal.
Supportingpediatricpatientswithshort-term
continuous-flowdevices.JHeartLung
Transplant.2016;35(5):603–609.
23.YarlagaddaVV,MaedaK,ZhangY,etal.
TemporarycirculatorysupportinU.S.Children
awaitinghearttransplantation.JAmColl
Cardiol.2017;70(18):2250–2260.
24.DeRitaF,GriselliM,SandicaE,etal.Closing
thegapinpaediatricventricularassistdevice
therapywiththeBerlinHeartEXCOR®15-ml
pump.InteractCardiovascThoracSurg.
2017;24(5):768–771.
25.FraserCDJr,JaquissRDB,RosenthalDN,etal.
Prospectivetrialofapediatricventricularassist
device.NEnglJMed.2012;367(6):532–541.
26.WarneckeH,BerdjisF,HennigE,etal.
Mechanicalleftventricularsupportasabridge
tocardiactransplantationinchildhood.EurJ
CardiothoracSurg.1991;5(6):330–333.
27.KilicA,NelsonK,ScheelJ,etal.Outcomesof
hearttransplantationinsmallchildrenbridged
withventricularassistdevices.AnnThoracSurg.
2013;96(4):1420–1427.
28.HetzerR,Alexi-MeskishviliV,WengY,etal.