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

Gansevoort H. Dunnington; Justin Sleasman; Abdulaziz Alkhaldi; Marc P. Pelletier; Bruce A. Reitz; Robert C. Robbins

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.01.045

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

Gansevoort H. Dunnington, Justin Sleasman, Abdulaziz Alkhaldi, Marc P. Pelletier, Bruce A. Reitz, Robert C. Robbins

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1116-1118
Number of pages	3
Journal	Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Volume	81
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.01.045
State	Published - Mar 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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Successful bridge to transplant using the Berlin Heart left ventricular assist device in a 3-month-old infant. / Dunnington, Gansevoort H.; Sleasman, Justin; Alkhaldi, Abdulaziz; Pelletier, Marc P.; Reitz, Bruce A.; Robbins, Robert C.

In: Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 81, No. 3, 03.2006, p. 1116-1118.

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