Successful use of the total artificial heart in the failing Fontan circulation

Joseph W Rossano; David J Goldberg; Stephanie Fuller; Chitra Ravishankar; Lisa M Montenegro; J William Gaynor

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.06.120

Successful use of the total artificial heart in the failing Fontan circulation

Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Apr;97(4):1438-40. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.06.120.

Authors

Joseph W Rossano¹, David J Goldberg², Stephanie Fuller³, Chitra Ravishankar², Lisa M Montenegro⁴, J William Gaynor³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Cardiac Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Cardiac Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Cardiac Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, The Cardiac Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 24694426
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.06.120

Abstract

Typical left ventricular assist devices are often ineffective for the failing Fontan circulation. We report the first successful use of a total artificial heart as a bridge to transplant in a patient who had previously undergone a Fontan operation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Fontan Procedure
Heart, Artificial*
Humans
Male
Remission Induction
Treatment Failure