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Barriers to Establishing and Maintaining Therapeutic Anticoagulation in Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Support: Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network Initiative by Mehegan, M., Murray, J., Lorts, A., Smyth, L., VanderPluym, C.

“…Establishing and maintaining target anticoagulation (AC) levels is perceived as a way to mitigate the risk of bleeding and thrombotic complications in…”
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Systemic ventricular assist device support in Fontan patients: A report by ACTION by Cedars, Ari, Kutty, Shelby, Danford, David, Schumacher, Kurt, Auerbach, S.R., Bearl, D., Chen, S., Conway, J., Dykes, J.C., Jaworski, N., Joong, A., Lorts, A., Mascio, C.E., Morales, D.L.S., Niebler, R.A., O'Connor, M., Peng, D.M., Philip, J., Reichman, J.R., Rosenthal, D.N., Zafar, F., VanderPluym, C., Villa, C., Zinn, M.

“…The size of the Fontan population with end-stage heart failure is growing. In this population, heart transplantation has been the only option. This study…”
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Impact of Mechanical Circulatory Support on Pediatric Heart Transplant Candidates with Elevated Pulmonary Vascular Resistance by Thangappan, K., Morales, D.L., Lehenbauer, D., Villa, C., Lorts, A., Wittekind, S., Zafar, F.

“…With the new era of more effective medicines and increasing use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in children, seemingly more patients with elevated…”
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Weekend or Nighttime Effect: Is it True for Organ Acceptance in Thoracic Transplantation? by Zafar, F., Zhang, Y., Hatton, A., Thangappan, K., Towe, C., Chin, C., Morales, D., Hossain, M.M., Lorts, A.

“…Weekend and nighttime effect has been examined across many surgical specialties including transplantation. We aim to understand weekend or time of day effect…”
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Variation in Cardiac Rehabilitation for Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Recipients across North America: An ACTION Network Survey by Burstein, D., McBride, M., Lorts, A., Rosenthal, D., Peng, D., Lantz, J., Tunuguntla, H., Zinn, M., Curran, T., Wittekind, S.

“…Despite increasing utilization of ventricular assist devices (VAD) in pediatric heart failure, data on exercise testing and training through cardiac…”
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Favorable Waitlist and Posttransplant Outcomes in Children and Adolescent Patients Supported With Durable Continuous‐Flow Ventricular Assist Devices by Mathew, J., Villa, C. R., Morales, D., Chin, C., Zafar, F., Rossano, J., Lake, M., Lorts, A.

“…Pediatric centers are implanting durable adult continuous‐flow ventricular assist devices (CFVADs) in children who are smaller than the industry‐recommended…”
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Contemporary Berlin Heart EXCOR Outcomes in North America: Report from the ACTION Registry by Lorts, A., Zafar, F., VanderPluym, C., Lantz, J., Bleiweis, M., Maeda, K., Simpson, K., Ploutz, M., Jeewa, A., Morales, D.L., Rosenthal, D.

“…Berlin Heart EXCOR was introduced in North America almost two decades ago. Field of pediatric ventricular assist device, as it relates to available devices,…”
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The Fontan VAD Physiology Project (FVPP) by Cedars, A.M., Schumacher, K., Kindel, S., Lorts, A., Rosenthal, D., Chen, S., Morales, D., Peng, D., O'Connor, M., Simpson, K.E., Davies, R., Auerbach, S.

“…Individuals born with defects resulting in a functionally univentricular heart Fontan-type palliation (FP) are prone to physiologic deterioration requiring…”
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Stroke on Mechanical Support: Similar Survival but Higher Risk of Stroke Post-Transplant by Zafar, F., Haney, L., Riggs, K., Thangappan, K., Chen, S., Mehegan, M., VanderPluym, C., Peng, D., Lorts, A., Morales, D.L.

“…Ventricular assist devices (VADs) increase waitlist survival, yet the risk of stroke is not trivial. There is a knowledge gap regarding the impact of these…”
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“How are You Doing?”: Patient and Family Support Resources for Children on Ventricular Assist Device by Machado, D., Blume, E., Cousino, M., Sprague, C., Smyth, L., Rosenthal, D.N., Bleiweis, M.S., Lorts, A., May, L.J.

“…While psychiatric morbidity is associated with poor outcomes in adults on ventricular assist device (VAD), psychiatric concerns are often under recognized in…”
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TAH Portable Driver: It's Alarming, but is It Broken? by Mokadam, N.A., El-Banayosi, A., Arabia, F., Gregoric, I., Hall, S., Joyce, L., Morales, D., Moriguchi, J., Silvestry, S., Lorts, A., Mahr, C., Nsair, A., Shah, K., Tang, D.

“…This report describes an analysis of the complete experience using the Total Artificial Heart (TAH) Portable Driver (PD). Comprehensive de-identified data were…”
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Stroke in Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Patients-A PediMACS Registry Analysis by Niebler, R.A., Amdani, S.M., Blume, B., Cantor, R.S., Deng, L., Kirklin, J.K., Lorts, A., Morales, D., Rosenthal, D.N., Ghanayem, N.S.

“…To characterize the occurrence of stroke in pediatric patients supported with ventricular assist devices. Analysis of PediMACS database from September 2012…”
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Bridging Children to Transplant with Short Term VADs Does Not Affect Post-Transplant Mortality by Villa, C, Rizwan, R, Zafar, F, Lorts, A, Morales, D

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Use of In-Situ Simulation Technique to Implement a Mechanical Circulatory Support Emergency Response System in the Pediatric Setting by Schubert, A, Villa, C, Gardner, A, Morales, D, Lorts, A

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Center Variability in Selecting High-Risk Donors: Does It Affect the Outcomes in Pediatric Heart Transplantation? by Rizwan, R, Zafar, F, Bryant, R, Chin, C, Lorts, A, Tweddell, J.S, Morales, D.L

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Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Excluding INR (MELD-XI) Score Predicts Outcomes in Pediatric Patients Supported with Ventricular Assist Device: An Analysis of the PediMACS Registry by Amdani, S., Boyle, G.J., Cantor, R.S., Conway, J., Godown, J., Kirklin, J.K., Koehl, D., Lal, A.K., Law, Y.M., Lorts, A., Rosenthal, D.N.

“…Our study aims to identify the utility of pre-implant MELD-XI score in identifying pediatric patients at higher risk for morbidity and mortality post-VAD…”
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Discharge and Readmissions after VAD Placement in US Pediatric Hospitals: A Collaboration in ACTION by Bearl, D.W., Feingold, B., Lorts, A., Rosenthal, D.N., Zafar, F., Conway, J., Elias, B.A., Tunuguntla, H.P., Thurm, C., Amdani, S.M., Jaworski, N.A., Godown, J.

“…There is a concerted effort to increase discharges of children on ventricular assist device (VAD) support. Optimizing this process represents a quality…”
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Timing of Ventricular Assist Device Insertion on Post-Transplant Outcomes: An Analysis of the UNOS Database by Conway, J, Lake, M, Morales, D, Buchholz, H, Lorts, A

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Virtual Implantation of the 50cc Total Artificial Heart by Moore, R.A, Madueme, P.C, Lorts, A, Morales, D.L, Taylor, M.D

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Utilization and Outcomes of Temporary Ventricular Assist Devices in Children: A Report from the Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support (Pedimacs) by Lorts, A, Davies, R.R, Alejos, J.C, Kanter, K.R, Gossett, J.G, Cantor, R.S, Adachi, I

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