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Successful surgical treatment of terminal heart failure in an adolescent – left ventricular assist device implantation and subsequent heart transplantation
УСПЕШНО ХИРУРШКО ЛЕЧЕЊЕ ТЕРМИНАЛНЕ СРЧAНЕ ИНСУФИЦИЈЕНЦИЈЕ КОД АДОЛЕСЦЕНТА – ИМПЛАНТАЦИЈА УРЕЂАЈА ЗА МЕХАНИЧКУ ПОТПОРУ ЦИРКУЛАЦИЈЕ ЛЕВЕ КОМОРЕ И КАСНИЈА ТРАНСПЛАНТАЦИЈА СРЦА
- Часопис
- Serbian Archives of Medicine
- Објављено
- Srp Arh Celok Lek. 2019;147(1–2):78–80.
- Врста рада
- CASE REPORTS
Abstract
Introduction Implantation of the new-generation left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is an efficient therapeutic option as a bridge to transplantation in adults, as well as in children and adolescents with small body surface. The aim of this work was to present a case of a successful surgical treatment of terminal heart failure in a male adolescent who had an LVAD implanted as a bridge to heart transplantation.
Case outline The patient, a 17-year-old male, was admitted with the end-stage heart failure due to the dilated cardiomyopathy and implanted LVAD. Fourteen months after LVAD implantation, a successful “second stage” surgical procedure was performed – orthotopic heart transplantation preceded by the LVAD explantation.
Conclusion Long-term mechanical circulatory support is an effective and safe method in treatment of the end-stage heart failure as a bridge to transplantation in the adolescent period.
Keywords: heart failure; heart transplant; left ventricular assist device; adolescents