First Successful Organ Procurement From a Pediatric Patient With a Nonpulsatile Ventricular Assist Device
Articles > Article · 2021
Authors: Pınar YAZICI ÖZKAYA, Ese Eda Turanli, Hamdi Metin, Hatice Feray Ari, Osman Nuri Tuncer, Bulent Karapinar
EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRANSPLANTATION, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2021, vol 20, pp 780-781
Summary
Left ventricular assist devices have become an important therapeutic option as a mechanical circulatory support system in the treatment of end -stage heart failure. Organ transplants from brain dead donors on mechanical circulatory support are rare. In the literature, many successful solid-organ transplants have been reported using these donors. However, to our knowledge, this is the first report of successful solid-organ transplant from a child donor with a nonpulsatile ventricular assist device.