Reports successful explantation of a left ventricular assist device in a child after heart recovery from viral myocarditis, indicating potential for device removal after recovery.
We describe the technique of successful explanation of the Berlin Heart EXCOR (Berlin Heart GmbH, Germany) left ventricular assist device after documented heart recovery from viral myocarditis.
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