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Successful Bridge to Transplant Using the TandemHeart(R) Left Ventricular Assist Device in a Pediatric Patient
Hyde M Russell1, Bradley Kulat, Neale Zingle
1Division of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA.
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.
