Hemostasis management in pediatric mechanical circulatory support

Publisher DOI
PubMed ID
18355556
Description
In a 9-year-old boy, bridging to transplantation was successful with an external biventricular device, the Berlin Heart Excor (Berlin Heart, Berlin, Germany), during a 7-month period. Main long-term complications consisted of infection and hypercoagulability with clotting inside the chambers necessitating six pump exchanges, but without thromboembolic events. This report reviews hemostasis monitoring and management of long-term mechanical circulatory support.
Date of Publication
2008
Publication Type
Article
Language(s)
en
Contributor(s)
Seibel, Kerstin
Berdat, Pascal
Boillat, Colette
Additional Credits
Series
Annals of thoracic surgery
Publisher
Elsevier
ISSN
0003-4975
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