Cavopulmonary support with a modified cannulation technique in a failing Fontan patient.

Autor: Michel SG; Division of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany.; Department of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany., Menon AK; Berlin Heart GmbH, Berlin, Germany., Haas NA; Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany., Hörer J; Division of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany.; Department of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery [Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg] 2022 Jul 09; Vol. 35 (2).
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivac090
Abstrakt: Failing Fontan patients present a unique challenge for mechanical circulatory support. We report on a 17-year-old patient with Fontan failure and preserved ventricular function who underwent mechanical cavopulmonary support using a novel cannulation technique.
(© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.)
Databáze: MEDLINE