@ARTICLE{Rai_Vivek_Initial_2018, author={Rai, Vivek and Sacharczuk, Julita and Dudyńska, Mirosława and Żurek, Rafał and Czerzynska, Magdalena and Szypulski, Aleksander and Wójcik, Elżbieta and Pacholewicz, Jerzy and Skalski, Janusz and Mroczek, Tomasz}, volume={vol. 58}, number={No 2}, journal={Folia Medica Cracoviensia}, pages={57-66}, howpublished={online}, year={2018}, publisher={Oddział PAN w Krakowie; Uniwersytet Jagielloński – Collegium Medicum}, abstract={T h e a i m: The aim of the study is to present the initial experience with continuous flow left ventricle assist device (CF-LVAD) in pediatric patients with BSA below 1.5 m2. M a t e ri a l a n d M e t h o d s: Between 2016 and 2017, CF-LVAD (the Heartware System) have been implanted in three pediatric patients in the Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. The indications for initiating CF-LVAD were end-stage congestive heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy in all children. R e s u l t s: Implanted patients have had BSA of 1.09, 1.42, 1.2 m2, and 37, 34, 34 kg of body weight and the age 12, 11, 12 years, respectively. The time of support was 550 days in two patients and 127 in another one, and is ongoing. The main complication has been driveline infection. C o n c l u s i o n: The outcomes from our single-center experience using the HeartWare CF-LVAD have been excellent with a low incidence of complication and no necessity to reoperation in our patients. Children could be successfully and safely discharged home.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Initial experience with intracorporeal continuous flow LVAD in pediatric patients in Poland}, URL={http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/108793/PDF/FMC%202-18%205-Rai.pdf}, doi={10.24425/fmc.2018.124658}, keywords={mechanical circulatory support, continuous flow left ventricle assist device, congestive heart failure in children}, }