Successful bridge through transplantation with berlin heart ventricular assist device in a child with failing fontan

David M Hoganson; Umar S Boston; Avihu Z Gazit; Charles E Canter; Pirooz Eghtesady

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.064

Successful bridge through transplantation with berlin heart ventricular assist device in a child with failing fontan

Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Feb;99(2):707-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.064.

Authors

David M Hoganson¹, Umar S Boston¹, Avihu Z Gazit², Charles E Canter³, Pirooz Eghtesady⁴

Affiliations

¹ Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
² Division of Critical Care and Cardiology, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
⁴ Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 25639417
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.064

Abstract

In patients with failed Fontan circulation, end-stage heart failure can develop or Fontan physiology failure requiring transplantation. Experience with ventricular assist device support for these patients as a bridge to heart transplantation has been limited and often not resulted in successful hospital discharge. We report the successful use of the Berlin Heart EXCOR (Berlin Heart, The Woodlands, TX) ventricular assist device in bridging a child with Fontan circulation and systolic dysfunction to heart transplantation and discharge home.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Fontan Procedure*
Heart Transplantation*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Male
Treatment Failure