ARTICLE BERLIN HEART

MARIA LORENA AGUILERA CAMACHO

01220022028

UNIVERSITY OF SANTANDER
HEART INSTITUTE

TEACHER
LIDY HIGUERA

BUCARAMANGA
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTATION
2023
 ABSTRACT
The Berlin-Heart Excor pneumatic ventricle is currently the only system available in
young children, infants and neonates to provide long-term hemodynamic assistance
until a heart transplant. His implant technique is standardized in the septate heart
and with competent ventriculoarterial valves. Similarly, aortic and/or pulmonary
insufficiency and single or middle ventricle situations are an additional problem,
requiring imaginative solutions.

The implant technique is standardized in the septate heart with competent

ventriculoarterial valves, both for uni- and biventricular implants. It involves
extracorporeal circulation with aortic and bicava cannulation and mild-moderate
hypothermia, usually performed the procedure with the heart beating or fibrillating,
avoiding aortic clamping, with optional left atrial drainage, as described below.

LINK:https://www.elsevier.es/es-revista-cirugia-cardiovascular-358-articulo-
asistencia-circulatoria-con-berlin-heart-excor-S113400961830202X

QUESTIONS

1. What is the main purpose of the Berlin-Heart Excor pneumatic ventricle in

young children, infants and newborns?

a) Providing temporary hemodynamic assistance

b) Perform an immediate heart transplant

c) Correcting heart defects in childhood

d) Facilitating blood circulation in adults

2. Which implant technique is standardized in the Berlin-Heart Excor

pneumatic ventricle?

a) Only standardized in adult hearts

b) Only standardized in hearts with lung failure

c) Standardized in septate hearts with competent ventriculoarterial valves

d) Not standardized in any specific technique

3. What type of circulation is used in the Berlin-Heart Excor pneumatic

ventricle implantation procedure?

a) Extracorporeal circulation with aorta and bicava cannulation

b) Intracorporeal circulation without cannulation

c) Extracorporeal circulation with carotid artery cannulation

d) Intracorporeal circulation with cannulation of the inferior vena cava

4. Under what conditions is the Berlin-Heart Excor pneumatic ventricle implant

usually performed?

a) With the heart beating or fibrillating, avoiding aortic clamping

b) Only with a beating heart and aortic clamping

c) Only with the heart fibrillating

d) Regardless of the state of the heart