HeartWare Explant After Recovery 6 Years After Implant in a 3-Year-Old Child: Has the Game Changed?

Clinical myocardial recovery in advanced heart failure with long term left ventricular assist device support

“…Decommissioning and subsequent explantation after years has been described in children on continuous flow LVADs. 78,79 As with adults, life-long follow-up in children post explant is necessary, and lifelong medical treatment is critical. 70 Future Directions−With the expanding HF population, the elective therapeutic use of LVADs for reversal of HF in its earlier stages and myocardial recovery is a future goal.…”