Lessons learned from the first application of the DeBakey VAD Child: an intracorporeal ventricular assist device for children

David L S Morales; Daniel J Dibardino; E Dean McKenzie; Jeff S Heinle; Anthony C Chang; Matthias Loebe; George P Noon; Michael E Debakey; Charles D Fraser Jr

doi:10.1016/j.healun.2004.12.117

Lessons learned from the first application of the DeBakey VAD Child: an intracorporeal ventricular assist device for children

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Mar;24(3):331-7. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.12.117.

Authors

David L S Morales¹, Daniel J Dibardino, E Dean McKenzie, Jeff S Heinle, Anthony C Chang, Matthias Loebe, George P Noon, Michael E Debakey, Charles D Fraser Jr

Affiliation

¹ Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 15737761
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.12.117

Abstract

We report and describe the design and the first clinical implantation of the DeBakey ventricular assist device (VAD) Child, a pediatric intracorporeal left ventricular assist device, in a 6-year-old girl. The risk-benefit of novel technologies in advanced heart failure and the lessons learned by our experience are important to consider in hopes that other centers (where this device is now available) may benefit.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathies / therapy
Child
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Fatal Outcome
Female
Heart-Assist Devices* / adverse effects
Hemothorax / etiology
Humans
Postoperative Complications / etiology*
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control