Coronary Artery Reimplantation and Berlin Heart EXCOR Rescue for Left Coronary Artery Atresia With Severe Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Daniel Wilkinson; Yihan Lin; Melanie Everett; Scott Auerbach; Gareth Morgan; Max B Mitchell

doi:10.1177/21501351211024662

Coronary Artery Reimplantation and Berlin Heart EXCOR Rescue for Left Coronary Artery Atresia With Severe Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2021 Nov;12(6):793-795. doi: 10.1177/21501351211024662. Epub 2021 Jul 15.

Authors

Daniel Wilkinson¹, Yihan Lin², Melanie Everett³, Scott Auerbach³, Gareth Morgan³, Max B Mitchell⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Saint Joseph Hospital, Denver, CO, USA.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
³ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO USA.
⁴ Section of Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.

PMID: 34264154
DOI: 10.1177/21501351211024662

Abstract

We describe a successful bridge to recovery by coronary reimplantation and Berlin Heart EXCOR left ventricular assist device in a child with left main coronary artery ostial atresia and severe ischemic cardiomyopathy.

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathies* / complications
Cardiomyopathies* / diagnostic imaging
Cardiomyopathies* / surgery
Child
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels / surgery
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Heart Failure*
Heart Transplantation*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Replantation
Treatment Outcome