Successful HeartWare Bridge to Recovery in a 3-Year Old: A Game Changer?

Richard Kirk, Ed Peng, Andrew Woods, Julie Flett, Terry Hewitt, Massimo Griselli, Stephen Schueler, Neil Wrightson, Asif Hasan

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Abstract

We report a 3-year-old boy weighing 13.5 kg who presented with intractable cardiac failure resulting from myocarditis and was treated by implantation of a HeartWare (HVAD) device. He was discharged home with the device. His cardiac function subsequently recovered, and the device was decommissioned. We believe this to be the youngest HVAD recipient and the only child to have recovered and had the device decommissioned.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1984-1987
Number of pages4
JournalAnnals of Thoracic Surgery
Volume101
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2016
Externally publishedYes

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© 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

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