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Intracorporeal Biventricular Assist Device Therapy in an 8-Year-Old Child
Antonia Schulz1, Evgenij Potapov2, Mi-Young Cho1
1Department of Congenital Heart Surgery - Pediatric Heart Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
Ventricular assist device therapy in small children is challenging especially if biventricular support is required. Many centers have started to implant small intracorporeal continuous-flow pumps such as the HeartWare HVAD (HeartWare, Framingham, MA) in children for left ventricular support, with good results.1-4 This therapeutic option offers the possibility of discharge from the hospital while patients with a Berlin Heart EXCOR system (Berlin Heart GmbH, Berlin, Germany) are hospital bound. We report biventricular support employing the HeartWare HVAD in an 8-year-old boy.
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