Use of a HeartWare ventricular assist device in a patient with failed Fontan circulation

Robert A Niebler; Nancy S Ghanayem; Tejas K Shah; Andrea De La Rosa Bobke; Steven Zangwill; Cheryl Brosig; Michelle A Frommelt; Michael E Mitchell; James S Tweddell; Ronald K Woods

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.11.075

Use of a HeartWare ventricular assist device in a patient with failed Fontan circulation

Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Apr;97(4):e115-6. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.11.075.

Affiliations

¹ Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
³ Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
⁴ Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

PMID: 24694452
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.11.075

Abstract

We present a successful case of the use of a HeartWare ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation in an 11-year-old with a hypoplastic left heart and failed Fontan circulation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Fontan Procedure*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / surgery*
Male
Prosthesis Design
Treatment Failure