Waitlist and posttransplant outcomes of critically ill infants awaiting heart transplantation managed without ventricular assist device support

Infants listed for heart transplant are at high risk for waitlist mortality. While waitlist mortality for children has decreased in the current era of increased ventricular assist device use, outcomes for small infants supported by ventricular assist device remain suboptimal. We evaluated morbidity and survival in critically ill infants listed for heart transplant and managed without ventricular assist device support.

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