‘A new normal’? Ventricular Assist Device implantation and subsequent heart transplant in children and adolescents: A family experience
Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) are enabling children experiencing severe heart failure, who would have otherwise died, to be bridged to transplant or recovery. Donated Paediatric hearts are in short supply, so the use of VAD is likely to continue to support paediatric patients for the foreseeable...
Main Authors: | L. Crowe, E. Simpson, K. Barlow, J. Rankin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-12-01
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Series: | SSM: Qualitative Research in Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321522000774 |
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