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Implantation of Total Artificial Heart in Congenital Heart Disease
Published on: July 18, 2014
Systemic Vein Stenting in a Pediatric Patient After Total Artificial Heart Implantation
Amir Jahanshad1, Benjamin S Mantel2, Emile A Bacha3
1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Abstract:
We describe the use of a total artificial heart (TAH) (Syncardia) as a successful bridge to transplantation in a pediatric patient. The post-TAH course included obstruction of both systemic veins with decreased TAH filling and output that was successfully treated with bicaval stent placement. After stenting of the systemic veins, the patient was able to successfully rehabilitate and underwent successful cardiac repeated transplantation 6 months after TAH placement.
