title: Mechanical circulatory assist as a bridge to heart retransplantation in adolescents.
abstract: We report our experience with an adolescent patient who required complex management leading to retransplantation for coronary allograft vasculopathy and also review the role of ventricular assist device support in patients with this clinical entity.
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors: Pankaj
authors: P
authors: Saxena
authors: Silvana F
authors: SF
authors: Marasco
authors: David C
authors: DC
authors: McGiffin
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Weintraub
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Bergin
authors: Igor E
authors: IE
authors: Konstantinov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D064591:Allografts; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000601:surgery*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome