The 57th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

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International Symposium of Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplantation

Symposium 5
Pediatric mechanical circulatory support in children and patients with congenital heart disease

Sat. Jul 10, 2021 3:40 PM - 5:25 PM Track6 (現地会場)

Chair:Yasutaka Hirata（Department of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan）
Chair:Osami Honjo（Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada）

[ISPHLT-SY5-4] Pediatric mechanical circulatory support in children and patients with congenital heart disease in Tokyo University

○Yasutaka Hirata, Minoru Ono (Department of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan)

Since 2013, the Berlin Heart EXCOR has been increasingly used for ventricular support in Japan. It has been applied in end-stage heart failure of both structural/congenital and myopathic etiology. In our institution, 12 pediatric patients underwent the EXCOR implantation. The patients' age ranged from 2 months to 12 years-old and body weight ranged from 2.6kg to 25kg. Eight patients underwent heart transplantation, one patient died, and one patient recovered and explanted. Two patients are on support. Median support was about 400 days. Experience with the EXCOR as a bridge to cardiac transplantation for children of all ages and sizes points to the feasibility of this approach.