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DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1240708
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
1-Year Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Experience as Bridge to Heart Transplantation in an Infant with Bland-White-Garland Syndrome
Publication History
Publication Date:
25 January 2010 (online)
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Abstract
Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation has become an established therapy in adults as well as in children as a bridge to heart transplantation or to aid myocardial recovery. We describe the first case worldwide of an infant suffering from Bland-White-Garland syndrome successfully treated with a left ventricular assist device (Berlin Heart®; Excor® Pediatric) as a bridge to heart transplantation for a period of more than one year.
Key words
Bland‐White‐Garland syndrome - left ventricular assist device - children
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Dirk Stege, MD
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