First human implantation of a miniaturized axial flow ventricular assist device in a child with end-stage heart failure

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Jan;39(1):83-87. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.09.003. Epub 2019 Sep 11.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Pediatrics, Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, Canada.
³ Advanced Technology and Surgery Branch, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31761510
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.09.003

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Female
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Heart Failure / surgery*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Stroke Volume / physiology*
Treatment Outcome