Hemostasis management in pediatric mechanical circulatory support.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.039.
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Abstract
In a 9-year-old boy, bridging to transplantation was successful with an external biventricular device, the Berlin Heart Excor (Berlin Heart, Berlin, Germany), during a 7-month period. Main long-term complications consisted of infection and hypercoagulability with clotting inside the chambers necessitating six pump exchanges, but without thromboembolic events. This report reviews hemostasis monitoring and management of long-term mechanical circulatory support.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Failure
- Heart-Assist Devices
- Hemostatic Techniques
- Thromboembolism
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Right