Successful pediatric orthotopic heart transplantation after three runs of mechanical circulatory support.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.10.078.
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Abstract
Mechanical circulatory support has become a well-established therapy to bridge patients with intractable heart failure to either heart transplantation or recovery. We report our experience of a child with a diagnosis of unexplained familial dilated cardiomyopathy, who presented with cyclical episodes of severe life-threatening heart failure treated with 3 different runs of MCS between August 2008 and May 2011.
Medical subject headings
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
- Heart Failure
- Heart Transplantation
- Heart-Assist Devices