Case report: Heart Mate III for systemic right ventricular support in a patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Maja Hanuna; Jelena Pabst von Ohain; Nikolaus Haas; Christoph S Mueller; Robert Dalla-Pozza; Marcus Fischer; Frank Born; Christine Kamla; Andre Jakob; Christian Hagl; Jürgen Hörer; Sebastian G Michel

doi:10.3389/fcvm.2022.1070314

Case report: Heart Mate III for systemic right ventricular support in a patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023 Jan 19:9:1070314. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1070314. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Maja Hanuna¹, Jelena Pabst von Ohain^{2

3}, Nikolaus Haas⁴, Christoph S Mueller¹, Robert Dalla-Pozza⁴, Marcus Fischer⁴, Frank Born¹, Christine Kamla¹, Andre Jakob⁴, Christian Hagl^{1

5}, Jürgen Hörer^{2

3}, Sebastian G Michel^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
² Division of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
³ Department of Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
⁴ Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
⁵ Munich Heart Alliance, German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Munich, Germany.

Abstract

Ventricular assist device implantation presents a possible bridge to heart transplantation for patients with failing Fontan physiology. However, evidence regarding outcome and possible pitfalls associated with the Fontan circulation is still insufficient. We describe the course of a 13-year-old male, who was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and underwent HeartMate III implantation due to refractory failure of the systemic right ventricle.

Keywords: VAD—ventricular assist device; case report; failing Fontan; hypoplastic left heart syndrome; mechanical circulatory support; right ventricular (RV) failure.

Publication types

Case Reports