Percutaneous Stenting of a Stenotic Berlin Heart Outflow Cannula Graft in a 2 Year Old Child

Ernesto Mejia; Jason Cole; Natalie Soszyn; Scott Auerbach; Gareth J Morgan

doi:10.1097/MAT.0000000000002112

Percutaneous Stenting of a Stenotic Berlin Heart Outflow Cannula Graft in a 2 Year Old Child

ASAIO J. 2023 Nov 30. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002112. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Ernesto Mejia¹, Jason Cole, Natalie Soszyn, Scott Auerbach, Gareth J Morgan

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, The Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.

PMID: 38039507
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002112

Abstract

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) outflow obstruction is a rare complication of long-term LVAD support. We present the first case of successful percutaneous stent implantation in a pediatric patient with LVAD outflow obstruction.