Ventricular assist devices in children: progress with an orphan device application.
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.).
Christina J
CJ
Vanderpluym
Francis
F
Fynn-Thompson
Elizabeth D
ED
Blume
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004867:Equipment Design; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D062307:Medical Device Legislation / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration
child; compassionate use trials; heart-assist devices; pediatrics