Successful pediatric orthotopic heart transplantation after three runs of mechanical circulatory support

Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Jun;95(6):2176-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.10.078.

Abstract

Mechanical circulatory support has become a well-established therapy to bridge patients with intractable heart failure to either heart transplantation or recovery. We report our experience of a child with a diagnosis of unexplained familial dilated cardiomyopathy, who presented with cyclical episodes of severe life-threatening heart failure treated with 3 different runs of MCS between August 2008 and May 2011.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / methods*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Graft Survival
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis
  • Heart Failure / surgery*
  • Heart Transplantation / methods*
  • Heart-Assist Devices*
  • Humans
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Time Factors
  • Transplantation, Heterotopic / methods
  • Treatment Failure
  • Treatment Outcome