Experience with Berlin heart support in children with a focus on device removal
This study demonstrates that a strategy focused on evaluation of myocardial recovery may increase the rate of device removal. The majority of successful device removals occurred in children younger than 2 years of age with a body surface area of 0.35 to 0.55 m<sup>2</sup>. Patients with myocarditis are more likely to have a successful device removal. We believe that every patient must be evaluated for myocardial recovery and device removal before committing the patient to heart transplantation.
Authors
- Igor E. Konstantinov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9981-1123)
- Edward Buratto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8330-3917)
- Stéphanie Perrier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-2520)
- Lucas Eastaugh
- Tyson A. Fricke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9924-7016)
- Christian P. Brizard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4351-6122)
- Mathew Jacob
- Valerii Iaprintsev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1540-6564)
Institutions
- Royal Children's Hospital (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- Melbourne Genomics Health Alliance (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JTCVS Open
- Published
- 2025-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2025.09.025
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00