Implantation of a fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device to a 3-year-old patient with body surface area of 0.57 m²

Artif Organs. 2024 Feb;48(2):197-199. doi: 10.1111/aor.14685. Epub 2023 Nov 23.

Authors

Umit Kervan¹, Sinan Sabit Kocabeyoglu¹, Dogan Emre Sert¹, Mehmet Karahan¹, Abdulkadir Yilmaz¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 37997438
DOI: 10.1111/aor.14685

Abstract

Postoperative 3D thorax computed tomographic scan image of the patient.

Keywords: left ventricular assist device; pediatric heart failure; very small body surface area.

© 2023 International Center for Artificial Organ and Transplantation (ICAOT) and Wiley Periodicals LLC.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Body Surface Area
Child, Preschool
Heart Failure* / surgery
Heart-Assist Devices* / adverse effects
Humans
Treatment Outcome