Relationship of ventricular assist device support duration with pediatric heart transplant outcomes

There is wide variability in the timing of heart transplant (HTx) after pediatric VAD implant. While some centers wait months before listing for HTx, others accept donor heart offers within days of VAD surgery. We sought to determine if HTx within 30 days versus ≥ 30 after VAD impacts post-HTx outcomes.Children on VAD pre-HTx were extracted from the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study database. The primary endpoints were post-HTx length of hospital...