Why the study?
Does a peripherally inserted transaxillary LVAD improve clinical status and LVEF in a pediatric patient with severe heart failure due to viral myocarditis?
Does a peripherally inserted transaxillary LVAD improve clinical status and LVEF in a pediatric patient with severe heart failure due to viral myocarditis?
A transaxillary peripherally inserted LVAD can be successfully used as a bridge to transplant and to promote myocardial recovery in pediatric patients with severe heart failure.
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Suggests potential myocardial recovery with transaxillary LVAD in pediatric viral myocarditis; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Perry et al. (2016) studied this question.
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