iDECIDE-VAD-PEDIATRIC : Development of a Decision Aid to Assist Children and Their Caregivers When Considering a Ventricular Assist Device

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.
² Patient Care Services, Stanford Medicine Children's Health, Palo Alto, California.
³ Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network, Cincinnati, Ohio.
⁴ Division of Cardiology and the Adult and Child Center for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
⁵ Congenital Heart Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
⁶ The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
⁷ Riley Children's Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana.
⁸ Veteran Affairs Eastern Colorado Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Aurora, Colorado.

Seth A Hollander et al. ASAIO J. 2025.

. 2025 Sep 10.

doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002552. Online ahead of print.

¹ From the Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.
² Patient Care Services, Stanford Medicine Children's Health, Palo Alto, California.
³ Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network, Cincinnati, Ohio.
⁴ Division of Cardiology and the Adult and Child Center for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
⁵ Congenital Heart Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
⁶ The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
⁷ Riley Children's Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana.
⁸ Veteran Affairs Eastern Colorado Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Aurora, Colorado.

No abstract available

Keywords: decision; pediatric; ventricular assist device.

Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: The authors have no conflicts of interest to report.

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