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Use of Two Intracorporeal Ventricular Assist Devices As a Total Artificial Heart
Published on: May 11, 2018
Postoperative support with the centrifugal pump ventricular assist device (VAD)
Tom R Karl1, Stephen B Horton, Christian Brizard
1Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave, S-549, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. karlt@surgery.ucsf.edu
Abstract:
Centrifugal pump left ventricular assist device is a useful adjunct in pediatric cardiac surgery, as a bridge to recovery, or in some cases, to transplantation. This form of circulatory support may not have the universal applicability of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, but it is equally or more effective in properly selected patients. The technology for centrifugal pump support is now quite standardized, and the advantages well documented. In this chapter we discuss the problems of indications, case selection, technical aspects of the circuit, and general clinical management. Results since 1989 are also presented.
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