Successful EXCOR biventricular assist device weaning because of recovery in a child

Morgane Chave, Amir-Reza Hosseinpour, Fabrizio De Rita, Sylvain Mauron, Maik Meissner, Rainer Rebmann, Eleonora Dal Sasso, Stefano Di Bernardo, Maria-Helena Perez, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Service of Paediatrics, Department of Women-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Adult Congenital and Pediatric Heart Surgery Unit, Transplantation and Mechanical Assist Devices, Freeman Hospital, Department of Anaesthesia, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Berlin Heart GmbH, Paediatric Cardiology Unit, Service of Paediatrics, Department of Women-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne

Perfusion

Published online on October 16, 2025

Abstract

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IntroductionVentricular assist devices (VADs) are used in children usually as a bridge to transplantation and occasionally also as a bridge to recovery, e.g., for acute myocarditis. However, in cases of recovery, weaning criteria are not well defined and ...