title: Successful use of a custom-made paracorporeal total artificial heart as a bridge to retransplantation in adult and adolescent patients.
abstract: Because the currently available total artificial hearts are rather bulky, the use of a custom-made paracorporeal total artificial heart constructed with 2 ventricular assist devices is an alternative for children and adults with small stature. This article reports our experience using this system in an adult and a pediatric patient. The advantages and disadvantages of this technique are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Holtz Children's Hospital/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: Anthony L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Panos
authors.forename: Fotios M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Andreopoulos
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rusconi
authors.forename: Eliot
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosenkranz
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barron
authors.forename: Si M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Pham
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation