Successful Bridge to Transplant Using the TandemHeart® Left Ventricular Assist Device in a Pediatric Patient

Hyde M. Russell; Bradley Kulat; Neale Zingle; Carl L. Backer

doi:10.1177/2150135111432180

Successful Bridge to Transplant Using the TandemHeart^® Left Ventricular Assist Device in a Pediatric Patient

Hyde M. Russell^*, Bradley Kulat, Neale Zingle, Carl L. Backer

^*Corresponding author for this work

Surgery, Cardiac Surgery Division

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Abstract

A nine-year-old girl (23 kg) was successfully bridged to heart transplantation with the TandemHeart^® centrifugal pump for 10 days. Although this cardiac assist device has been used in adults for short-term mechanical support, its use in the pediatric population has not been widely reported. The TandemHeart^® was easy to implant, achieved appropriate flows in this pediatric patient, and allowed for extubation and ambulation while awaiting a donor heart.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	249-250
Number of pages	2
Journal	World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/2150135111432180
State	Published - Apr 2012

Keywords

arrhythmia
circulatory assist devices (LVAD)
myocardium
pediatric
perfusion
transplantation (heart)
ventricle (left)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Surgery
Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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