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

Circulation. 2014 Apr 8;129(14):1530-7. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005574.

Authors

Christina J Vanderpluym¹, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Elizabeth D Blume

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA (C.J.V., E.D.B.); and Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston and the Department of Pediatrics and Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (F.F.-T.).

PMID: 24709867
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005574

No abstract available

Keywords: child; compassionate use trials; heart-assist devices; pediatrics.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Equipment Design
Heart Failure / therapy*
Heart Transplantation
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Medical Device Legislation / trends*
United States
United States Food and Drug Administration*