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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:1270-1271
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

CASE REPORTS

Switch from a BIVAD to a LVAD in a boy with Kawasaki disease

Christoph Schmitz, MDa, Armin Welz, MDa, Oliver Dewald, MDa, Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, MDb, Heinrich Netz, MDb, Bruno Reichart, MDa

a Department of Cardiac Surgery, Grosshadern Medical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
b Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Grosshadern Medical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Address reprint requests to Dr Schmitz, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany
e-mail: c.schmitz{at}uni-bonn.de

A 9-year-old boy with Kawasaki disease survived after two severe myocardial infarctions. Thereafter pharmacologically untreatable ventricular arrhythmia and rapidly deteriorating heart failure developed in the patient. After 19 days of biventricular and a further 27 days of left univentricular mechanical circulatory support with the Berlin Heart (Cardiotechnica, Berlin, Germany) assist device the boy successfully underwent heart transplantation. At a follow-up of 54 months, the boy is leading an active and unrestricted life.




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