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Implantation of Total Artificial Heart in Congenital Heart Disease
Published on: July 18, 2014
Unconventional use of total artificial heart in a patient with severe, destructive prosthetic valve endocarditis
Christine Johnstad1, Swaroop Bomareddi1, Joshua L Hermsen1
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Abstract:
Here, we report the case of a patient who presented to our institution with severe, destructive, and unreconstructable prosthetic valve endocarditis which required the planned implantation of a total artificial heart (TAH) to function as a bridge to cardiac transplantation. The use of TAH in this fashion has been infrequently reported in the literature. This case highlights the importance of a thoughtful, preoperative multidisciplinary approach to these complex patients to provide the most appropriate and life-saving care.
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