Schulz Antonia, Potapov Evgenij, Cho Mi-Young
Department of Congenital Heart Surgery - Pediatric Heart Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Spring;31(1):110-111. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2018.06.002. Epub 2018 Jul 11.
Ventricular assist device therapy in small children is challenging especially if biventricular support is required. Many centers have started to implant small intracorporeal continuous-flow pumps such as the HeartWare HVAD (HeartWare, Framingham, MA) in children for left ventricular support, with good results. This therapeutic option offers the possibility of discharge from the hospital while patients with a Berlin Heart EXCOR system (Berlin Heart GmbH, Berlin, Germany) are hospital bound. We report biventricular support employing the HeartWare HVAD in an 8-year-old boy.
小儿心室辅助装置治疗具有挑战性，尤其是在需要双心室支持的情况下。许多中心已开始在儿童中植入小型体内连续流泵，如HeartWare HVAD（HeartWare，弗雷明汉，马萨诸塞州）用于左心室支持，效果良好。这种治疗选择使患儿有可能出院，而使用柏林心脏EXCOR系统（柏林心脏有限公司，柏林，德国）的患者则需要住院治疗。我们报告了一名8岁男孩采用HeartWare HVAD进行双心室支持的病例。
