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SynthesisHeart failure reviews2024

Durable ventricular assist device in adult patients with single ventricle: a systematic literature review.

Kengo Z Soghoyan, Maya Guglin

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Heart failure reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Initial experience with combined heart-liver transplantation in the Netherlands: Exploring the boundaries of isolated and combined transplantation.Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kengo Z SoghoyanKrannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1801 Senate Blvd Suite 2000, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Maya GuglinKrannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1801 Senate Blvd Suite 2000, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA. mguglin@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5746-3135

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The worldwide experience with mechanical circulatory support in adult patients with single ventricle and Fontan palliation is limited. We aimed to see the outcomes in such patients on durable left ventricular assist device. We systematically reviewed the English language literature found on PubMed and Google Scholar, searching the terms "Fontan," "single ventricle," "ventricular assist device," "LVAD," and "mechanical circulatory support," and selected all individual cases with reported outcomes. We identified 4 patients on pulsatile left ventricular assist device, all of whom were successfully bridged to transplant, and 15 patients on continuous flow LVAD, age 25.9 ± 5.8, predominantly males. Mean time on LVAD support was 718.6 ± 616.5 days, and only 2 patients (13.3%) died. Durable left ventricular assist device support in adult patients with Fontan provides excellent results and should be used more frequently.

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Heart-Assist DevicesHeart VentriclesAdultFemaleFontan ProcedureHeart FailureHumansMaleTreatment OutcomeFontanMechanical circulatory supportVentricular assist device

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