Use of a HeartWare ventricular assist device in a patient with failed Fontan circulation.

Niebler, Robert A; Ghanayem, Nancy S; Shah, Tejas K; De La Rosa Bobke, Andrea; Zangwill, Steven; Brosig, Cheryl; Frommelt, Michelle A; Mitchell, Michael E et al. · Ann Thorac Surg · 2014

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We present a successful case of the use of a HeartWare ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation in an 11-year-old with a hypoplastic left heart and failed Fontan circulation.

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