Search Results - "Mehegan, M."

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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Outpatient Management of Intra‐Corporeal Left Ventricular Assist Device System in Children: A Multi‐Center Experience by Schweiger, M., Vanderpluym, C., Jeewa, A., Canter, C. E., Jansz, P., Parrino, P. E., Miera, O., Schmitto, J., Mehegan, M., Adachi, I., Hübler, M., Zimpfer, D.

“…Little is known about the outcomes of children supported on intracorporeal left ventricular assist device (HVAD), and the feasibility of outpatient management…”
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Online KidClot education for patients and families initiating warfarin therapy: The eKITE study by Bauman, M.E., Hellinger, A., Pluym, C. Vander, Bhat, R., Simpson, E., Mehegan, M., Knox, P., Massicotte, M.P.

“…Anticoagulation with Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) has always posed challenges in terms of monitoring requirements. These challenges were further exacerbated in…”
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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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Preparing for Discharge in Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Supported Patients by Elias, B., Tunuguntla, H.P., Smyth, L., Krack, P., Fields, K., McQueen, M., Brickler, M.M., Mehegan, M., Conway, J.

“…While the use of durable ventricular assist device (VAD) support with potential for discharge in pediatric patients has increased over time, there is limited…”
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Obstacles to Acquiring Quality of Life Assessments for Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Support: Perspectives from VAD Coordinators by Hawkins, B.M, Priest, M, Murray, J, Elias, B, Mehegan, M, Lantz, J, Shubert, A, Cantor, R, Koehl, D, Uzark, K

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Outpatient Experience with Heartware® Ventricular Assist Device System in Children: A Multicenter Experience by Schweiger, M, Huebler, M, Jeewa, A, Adachi, I, Boschert, T, Mehegan, M, Jansz, P, Parrino, P.E, Vanderpluym, C, Miera, O, Zimpfer, D

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(12) Post-Stage 2 Palliation Single Ventricular Assist Device Outcomes: An Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (Action) Registry Analysis by Rabinowitz, E.J., Mehegan, M., Joong, A., Shezad, M., Griffiths, E., O'Connor, M.J., Mokshagundam, D., Said, A.S.

“…Data regarding ventricular assist devices (VAD) outcomes following stage 2 palliation (S2P) are limited. We aimed to characterize hospitalization outcomes…”
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(131) - Timing of Stroke in Children Supported by Ventricular Assist Devices - An ACTION Registry Report by Shezad, M., Murray, J., Mehegan, M., Lorts, A., O'Connor, M., Rivkin, M., Edelson, J., Rosenthal, D., Law, S., VanderPluym, C.

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(1141) Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Support Leads to Different Outcomes in Infants with Single Ventricle (SVAD) vs Two Ventricle (2VAD) Anatomy with Severe Heart Failure by Bonura, E.D., Mehegan, M., Wan, F., Hahn, L. R. Gokanapudy, Mokshagundam, D., Scheel, J., Ybarra, A.M., Gazit, A.Z., Miller, J.R., Nath, D.S., Eghtesady, P., Canter, C.E.

“…This study compared outcomes in infants supported with VADs with intractable heart failure who had single ventricle (SVAD) vs two ventricle (2VAD) anatomy to…”
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(1333) - Patient-Reported Outcomes in Pediatric VAD Recipients: ACTION Findings Stratified by Device by May, L., Cousino, M., Smyth, L., McQueen, M., Hunter, T., Ventresco, C., Fields, K., Murray, J., Machado, D., Shezad, M., Rosenthal, D., Engelhardt, K., Mehegan, M., Mokshagundam, D., Ploutz, M., Lorts, A., Blume, E.

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It Takes a Village: Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Training and Education Practices among ACTION Centers by Fields, K., Hawkins, B., Lantz, J., Mehegan, M., Murray, J., Burkhart, L., Villa, C.

“…The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in the number of ventricular assist devices (VADs) implanted in children. Despite the increases, the procedure…”
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The ABC's of Stroke Prevention: Reduction in Stroke Frequency Following a Quality Improvement Intervention by the Action Learning Network by Murray, J., Rosenthal, D., Zafar, F., Lorts, A., Connelly, C., Krack, P., Vanderpluym, C., Hawkins, B., Niebler, R., Mehegan, M., Gajarski, R., Sutcliffe, D., Villa, C.

“…To assess the frequency of stroke among ventricular assist device patients following a quality improvement bundled intervention (the “ABCs of Stroke…”
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Novel strategies for supporting challenging populations: Inpatient infant, developing toddler, successful school-age, & the autonomous adolescent by Lantz, J., Priest, M., Mehegan, M.

“…Pediatric patients supported by ventricular assist devices form a growing and challenging population. They are high-risk, and heterogeneous (in terms of age,…”
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Ventricular Assist Device Outcomes in Children and Young Adults with Muscular Dystrophy: An ACTION Analysis by Nandi, D., Auerbach, S., Bansal, N., Kaufman, B.D., Lal, A.K., Law, S., Lorts, A., May, L., Mehegan, M., Mokshagundam, D., O'connor, M.J., Rosenthal, D.N., Shezad, M., Simpson, K., Sutcliffe, D.L., VanderPluym, C., Wittlieb-Weber, C., Zafar, F., Cripe, L., Villa, C.

“…Cardiac disease results in significant morbidity and mortality in patients with muscular dystrophy (MD). Single centers have described their ventricular assist…”
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Speaking the Same Language? Assessing Blood Pressure Measurement and Effectiveness in Pediatric VAD Patients by Villa, C., Peng, D., Auerbach, S., Kindel, S., Law, S., Lorts, A., Mehegan, M., O'Connor, M., Ploutz, M., Rosenthal, D., VanderPluym, C., Zinn, M., Sutcliffe, D.

“…Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a risk factor for stroke in adult ventricular assist device (VAD) patients. There are currently no data or BP management…”
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Anti-Coagulation Management in Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device: A Quality Improvement Target by VanderPluym, C., O'Connor, M., Lorts, A., Ploutz, M., Peng, D., Law, S., Zinn, M., Niebler, R., Rosenthal, D., Conway, J., Auerbach, S., Sutcliffe, D., Mehegan, M.

“…Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) therapy is associated with high rates of stroke and bleeding. There have been limited efforts to date, to define and…”
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