Overcoming the Size Barriers in Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Support

• Author / Creator

  Conway, Jennifer

• Mechanical circulatory support has become a therapeutic option for children with advanced heart failure.
  This type of support is often used to bridge patients to heart transplantation with approximately a third of
  all patients listed for transplant requiring some form of mechanical support. While there are a number of
  different devices to choose from the outcomes for the different devices may vary based on patient
  characteristics including size. Therefore a research program was established to address the following
  questions to help guide the management of pediatric patients with advanced heart failure:
  1.What are the clinical characteristics of children 1m2)?

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Pediatric
  • Heart Failure
  • Ventricular Assist Device
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Infants
  • Outcomes
  • Transplant

• Graduation date

  Spring 2021

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Science

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-7cem-en10

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.