Mechanical circulatory assist as a bridge to heart retransplantation in adolescents

Pankaj Saxena; Silvana F Marasco; David C McGiffin; Robert Weintraub; Peter Bergin; Igor E Konstantinov

doi:10.1111/jocs.12412

Mechanical circulatory assist as a bridge to heart retransplantation in adolescents

J Card Surg. 2014 Sep;29(5):752-4. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12412. Epub 2014 Jul 25.

Authors

Pankaj Saxena¹, Silvana F Marasco, David C McGiffin, Robert Weintraub, Peter Bergin, Igor E Konstantinov

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

PMID: 25059103
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12412

Abstract

We report our experience with an adolescent patient who required complex management leading to retransplantation for coronary allograft vasculopathy and also review the role of ventricular assist device support in patients with this clinical entity.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Allografts
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / surgery*
Coronary Disease / etiology
Coronary Disease / surgery*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Heart Transplantation*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Male
Reoperation
Treatment Outcome