Successful HeartWare Bridge to Recovery in a 3-Year Old: A Game Changer?

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• 作者：Richard Kirk ; FRCP ; ^{richard.kirk@nuth.nhs.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Ed Peng ; FRCS (CTh) ; Andrew Woods ; BS ; Julie Flett ; RGN ; Terry Hewitt ; BS ; Massimo Griselli ; FRCS (CTh) ; Stephen Schueler ; PhD ; Neil Wrightson ; BS ; Asif Hasan ; FRCS (CTh)
• 刊名：The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：101
• 期：5
• 页码：1984-1987
• 全文大小：938 K

文摘

We report a 3-year-old boy weighing 13.5 kg who presented with intractable cardiac failure resulting from myocarditis and was treated by implantation of a HeartWare (HVAD) device. He was discharged home with the device. His cardiac function subsequently recovered, and the device was decommissioned. We believe this to be the youngest HVAD recipient and the only child to have recovered and had the device decommissioned.