Successful Bridge to Transplant Using the Berlin Heart Left Ventricular Assist Device in a 3-Month-Old Infant

Pneumatic Paracorporeal Ventricular Assist Device in Infants and Children: Initial Stanford Experience

“…13 Through September 2006, a total of 8 patients had the device implanted. Five patients required left ventricular support, whereas 3 required biventricular support (Table 3).…”

Rescue treatment by percutaneous closure of interatrial septal defect or PFO in infants with Berlin heart

“…Since then, the use of mechanical support was extended in infants. Although VADs are a life saving therapy, their use is often burdened by complications [4–6]. For instance, the negative pressure induced by the aspiration cannula in the left atrium may promote a right to left shunt through an interatrial septal communication (IAC), as already reported in adults, causing severe hypoxemia and clinical instability.…”