A new era: use of an intracorporeal systemic ventricular assist device to support a patient with a failing Fontan circulation

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Sep;142(3):e138-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.05.018. Epub 2011 Jul 16.

Authors

David L S Morales¹, Iki Adachi, Jeffrey S Heinle, Charles D Fraser Jr

Affiliation

¹ Congenital Heart Surgery Division, Texas Children's Hospital, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex 77030, USA. dlmorale@texaschildrens.org

PMID: 21762934
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.05.018

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Fontan Procedure*
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
Heart Failure / epidemiology*
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Heart Failure / surgery*
Heart Transplantation
Heart-Assist Devices*
Hemodynamics
Humans
Male
Protein-Losing Enteropathies / epidemiology*