Sequential use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and the Berlin Heart Left Ventricular Assist Device for 106-day bridge to transplant in a two-year-old child.
We describe a 2 year-old girl with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy in whom extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was used for mechanical cardiac assistance. After 4 weeks, ECMO-related complications necessitated change to a Berlin Heart Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD), and she received a successful cardiac transplant after a total of 106 days on mechanical cardiac support.
Van Doorn
Carin
C
Cardiothoracic Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Karimova
Ann
A
Burch
Mike
M
Goldman
Allan
A
D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left