Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Jan 2023)
Case report: Heart Mate III for systemic right ventricular support in a patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Maja Hanuna,
- Jelena Pabst von Ohain,
- Jelena Pabst von Ohain,
- Nikolaus Haas,
- Christoph S. Mueller,
- Robert Dalla-Pozza,
- Marcus Fischer,
- Frank Born,
- Christine Kamla,
- Andre Jakob,
- Christian Hagl,
- Christian Hagl,
- Jürgen Hörer,
- Jürgen Hörer,
- Sebastian G. Michel,
- Sebastian G. Michel
Affiliations
- Maja Hanuna
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Jelena Pabst von Ohain
- Division of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Jelena Pabst von Ohain
- Department of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Nikolaus Haas
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Christoph S. Mueller
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Robert Dalla-Pozza
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Marcus Fischer
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Frank Born
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Christine Kamla
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Andre Jakob
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Christian Hagl
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Christian Hagl
- Munich Heart Alliance, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Munich, Germany
- Jürgen Hörer
- Division of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Jürgen Hörer
- Department of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Sebastian G. Michel
- Division of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Sebastian G. Michel
- Department of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.1070314
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9
Abstract
Ventricular assist device implantation presents a possible bridge to heart transplantation for patients with failing Fontan physiology. However, evidence regarding outcome and possible pitfalls associated with the Fontan circulation is still insufficient. We describe the course of a 13-year-old male, who was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and underwent HeartMate III implantation due to refractory failure of the systemic right ventricle.
Keywords
- failing Fontan
- mechanical circulatory support
- VAD—ventricular assist device
- right ventricular (RV) failure
- hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- case report
