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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:1116-1118
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Successful Bridge to Transplant Using the Berlin Heart Left Ventricular Assist Device in a 3-Month-Old Infant

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

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Accepted for publication January 17, 2005.

* Address correspondence to Dr Pelletier, Stanford University, Room 318, 2500 Grant Rd, Mountain View, CA 94040 (Email: marcp{at}stanford.edu).

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.




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