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. 2021 Feb;11(1):148–163. doi: 10.21037/cdt-20-278

Table 3. Detailed profile of 25 children whose myocardium recovered and VAD was explanted with long-term outcome as to recurrence of heart failure and survival.

Patient No. Gender Age Diagnosis Duration of disease (days) CPR ECMO support/duration (days) VAD Duration of VAD (days) Recurrence of heart failure Duration of follow-up (years) Long-term outcome
1 M 4.7 years Myocarditis 12 No No BVAD 22 No 15,7 Died
2 F 5.9 years Myocarditis 8 Yes Yes/6 BVAD 11 No 2.5 Died
3 M 1.2 years Myocarditis 3 No No BVAD 13 No 19.1 Alive
4 M 14.2 years DCMP 7 No No LVAD 23 No 16.3 Alive
5 F 11 mo 12 days Myocarditis 10 No No LVAD 12 No 15.9 Alive
6 F 3.4 years Arrhytmogenic cardiomyopathy Ebsteins’s anomaly 30 Yes No BVAD 18 No 14.7 Alive
7 F 3 mo 15 days Ischemic HF (postop BWG) 1 No No LVAD 12 No 13.0 Alive
8 M 2 mo 9 days Ischemic HF (postop BWG) 1 No No LVAD 13 No 12.9 Alive
9 M 14 years DCMP 330 Yes Yes/19 LVAD 125 No 11.7 Alive
10 F 16.3 years Graft failure post-heart transplantation 5 Yes No RVAD 78 No 11.7 Alive
11 F 5 mo 6 days Myocarditis 30 No No LVAD 42 No 10.7 Alive
12 F 4 mo 11 days DCMP 110 No No LVAD 30 No 10.0 Alive
13 M 3 mo 28 days Non-compaction CMP 90 No No LVAD 63 No 3.4 Died
14 M 21 days Myocarditis 13 No No LVAD 36 No 8.3 Alive
15 M 1.25 Myocarditis 20 Yes No LVAD 43 No 7.8 Alive
16 F 3 mo 1 day Postoperative HF after repeated corrections: CoA hypoplastic arch and VSD closure 87 Yes No LVAD 65 No 5.7 Alive
17 F 1.3 years DCMP 480 No No BVAD 91 No 4.6 Alive
18 F 5 mo 15 days DCMP 150 Yes No LVAD 65 No 4.3 Alive
19 F 5 mo 9 days DCMP 10 No No LVAD 72 No 2.6 Alive
20 F 4 mo 13 days Myocarditis 19 No No LVAD 155 No 1.4 Alive
21 M 11.2 years Myocarditis 16 No No BVAD 124 No 7.7 Alive
22 F 1.7 years Myocarditis 7 No No LVAD 41 No 6.10 Alive
23 M 4.1 years Myocarditis 3 No No LVAD 85 No 6.1 Alive
24 F 1.3 years DCMP 45 No No LVAD 700 No 4.0 Alive
25 F 3 mo 11 days Ischemic HF from coronary artery injury after AVSD correction 1 No No LVAD 7 Yes—3 mo after VAD explantation, then transplanted 8.6 years Died

CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; VAD, ventricular assist device; AVSD, atrioventricular septal defect; BWG, Bland White Garland Syndrome; DCMP, dilated cardiomyopathy; HF, heart failure; VSD, ventricular septal defect.