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Levosimendan as a bridge to heart transplant in a 16-year-old patient with univentricular heart

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2020

Magdalena Mazurak Open the ORCID record for Magdalena Mazurak [Opens in a new window] ,
Paweł Cześniewicz  and
Jacek Kusa
Magdalena Mazurak*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Regional Specialist Hospital, Research and Development Center, Wroclaw, Poland
Paweł Cześniewicz
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Regional Specialist Hospital, Research and Development Center, Wroclaw, Poland
Jacek Kusa
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Regional Specialist Hospital, Research and Development Center, Wroclaw, Poland
*
Author for correspondence: Magdalena Mazurak, MD, PhD, Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny, ul. Kamieńskiego 73a, 51-124Wroclaw, Poland. Tel: +48691509787; Fax: +48713254101. E-mail: madzia-mazurak@wp.pl
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Abstract

We report the successful use of levosimendan in the treatment of heart failure in a patient with the univentricular heart. The presented case was atypical because our patient had systemic right ventricle. To our knowledge, it is the first reported such case with intermittent levosimendan administration as an effective treatment and bridge to successful heart transplant in a patient with functionally univentricular heart.

Keywords

Levosimendansingle ventriclehypoplastic left heart syndromeFontan pathwayheart failuresystemic right ventricle
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 30 , Issue 10 , October 2020 , pp. 1504 - 1506
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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