Total Artificial Heart as Rescue Therapy for Primary Graft Failure in an Infant.

Total Artificial Heart as Rescue Therapy for Primary Graft Failure in an Infant. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Apr;105(4):e151-e153 Authors: Ziegler LA, Sainathan S, Morell VO, Sharma MS Abstract An infant unable to be weaned from cardiopulmonary bypass after orthotopic heart transplantation was cannulated for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. During the next 3 days, allograft failure and intracardiac thrombosis necessitated cardiectomy. To provide acute mechanical circulatory support, artificial atrial chambers were constructed with Gore-Tex conduits and PediMag centrifugal pumps were connected to each by Berlin Heart EXCOR cannulae. The PediMag pumps were subsequently exchanged for 10-mL Berlin Heart EXCOR pumps. After 60 days of support by total artificial heart, the patient was bridged successfully to a second heart transplant. PMID: 29571345 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research