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1: Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Mar;81(3):1116-8.Click here to read Links

Successful bridge to transplant using the Berlin Heart left ventricular assist device in a 3-month-old infant.

Dunnington GH Jr, Sleasman J, Alkhaldi A, Pelletier MP, Reitz BA, Robbins RC.

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.

The EXCOR Berlin Heart (Berlin Heart, Berlin, Germany) was successfully used as a pediatric left ventricular assist device as a bridge to cardiac transplantation. The pneumatically driven paracorporeal device successfully supported a 7 kg patient for 53 days until a suitable heart was obtained for transplantation.

PMID: 16488739 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]