Population
Children (neonates, infants, and adolescents) with severe refractory cardiac and/or pulmonary failure.
Design
Review
Authors
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May inform device selection in pediatric MCS; leaves open need for prospective comparative trials.
This review highlights the evolving roles of ECMO for short-term and emergent support, and VADs for long-term support, in pediatric patients with refractory cardiopulmonary failure.
Cooper et al. (2007) studied this question.
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