title: 1-year left ventricular assist device (LVAD) experience as bridge to heart transplantation in an infant with Bland-White-Garland syndrome.
abstract: Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation has become an established therapy in adults as well as in children as a bridge to heart transplantation or to aid myocardial recovery. We describe the first case worldwide of an infant suffering from Bland-White-Garland syndrome successfully treated with a left ventricular assist device (Berlin Heart(R); Excor(R) Pediatric) as a bridge to heart transplantation for a period of more than one year.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 33, Muenster, Germany. Dirk.Stege@ukmuenster.de
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stege
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kiski
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tjan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Scheld
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Kehl
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome