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The goal of this systematic review is to summarize the current literature on the clinical course in these children after weaning.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A systematic literature search was performed on 27 May 2022 using Embase, Medline ALL, Web of Science Core Collection, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Google Scholar to include all literature on paediatric patients supported by a durable VAD during the last decade. Overlapping study cohorts and registry-based studies were filtered out.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Thirty-seven articles were included. Eighteen of them reported on the incidence of recovery in cohort studies, with an overall incidence rate of 8.7% (81\/928). Twenty-two of the included articles reported on clinical outcomes after VAD explantation (83 patients). The aetiologies varied widely and were not limited to diseases with a natural transient course like myocarditis. Most of the patients in the included studies (70; 84.3%) were supported by a Berlin Heart EXCOR, and in 66.3% (55\/83), only the left ventricle had to be supported. The longest follow-up period was 19.1\u2009years, and multiple studies reported on long-term myocardial recovery. Fewer than half of the reported deaths had a cardiac cause.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Myocardial recovery during VAD support is dependent on various contributing components. The interactions among patient-, device-, time- and hospital-related factors are complex and not yet fully understood. Long-term recovery after VAD support is achievable, even after a long duration of VAD support, and even in patients with aetiologies different from myocarditis or post-cardiotomy heart failure. 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