Use of a HeartWare ventricular assist device in a patient with failed Fontan circulation.
We present a successful case of the use of a HeartWare ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation in an 11-year-old with a hypoplastic left heart and failed Fontan circulation.
Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Electronic address: rniebler@mcw.edu.
Robert A
RA
Niebler
Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Nancy S
NS
Ghanayem
Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Tejas K
TK
Shah
Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Andrea
A
De La Rosa Bobke
Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Steven
S
Zangwill
Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Cheryl
C
Brosig
Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Pediatrics, Section of Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Michelle A
MA
Frommelt
Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Michael E
ME
Mitchell
Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
James S
JS
Tweddell
Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Ronald K
RK
Woods
D002648:Child; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D017211:Treatment Failure