Preoperative Computed Tomography Virtual Simulation for HeartMate 3 Implantation in Small Children

Akihisa Furuta, MD, PhD; Takeshi Shinkawa, MD, PhD; Yuki Ichihara, MD, PhD; Hisashi Yoshida, MD; Hiroshi Niinami, MD, PhD

Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports (Sep 2024)

Preoperative Computed Tomography Virtual Simulation for HeartMate 3 Implantation in Small Children

Akihisa Furuta, MD, PhD,
Takeshi Shinkawa, MD, PhD,
Yuki Ichihara, MD, PhD,
Hisashi Yoshida, MD,
Hiroshi Niinami, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Akihisa Furuta, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Takeshi Shinkawa, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo, Japan; Address correspondence to Dr Shinkawa, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, The Heart Institute of Japan, 8-1, Kawadacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
Yuki Ichihara, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Hisashi Yoshida, MD: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Hiroshi Niinami, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 3
pp. 404 – 406

Abstract

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An implantable ventricular assist device became smaller and has been used for small body size patients. However, it is still challenging to determine whether it is implantable for pediatric patients. The preoperative computed tomography virtual simulation provided spatial information among the pump, intracardiac structures, and extracardiac structures, which was very useful to assess the implantability for borderline children. We present a 9-year-old girl with dilated cardiomyopathy (weight, 20.0 kg; body surface area, 0.86 m2) and an 8-year-old boy with Marfan syndrome with severe ventricular dysfunction (weight, 25.0 kg; body surface area, 1.05 m2), who had preoperative virtual simulation and subsequent successful HeartMate 3 (Abbott Cardiovascular) implantation.

Published in Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports

ISSN: 2772-9931 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
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