| Literature DB >> 21295496 |
Shunsuke Saito1, Taichi Sakaguchi, Shigeru Miyagawa, Yasushi Yoshikawa, Takashi Yamauchi, Takayoshi Ueno, Toru Kuratani, Yoshiki Sawa.
Abstract
A 34-year-old woman with fulminant myocarditis underwent emergent implant with the Toyobo (Nipro, Osaka, Japan) paracorporeal biventricular assist device (BiVAD). The patient had been stable for 6 months, until she started to develop heart failure symptoms due to severe pulmonary insufficiency. Pulmonary valve closure and BiVAD conversion to implantable rotary pumps was performed. A DuraHeart centrifugal pump (Terumo Heart Inc., Ann Arbor, MI) was used for left ventricular assist, and a Jarvik 2000 axial-flow pump (Jarvik Heart Inc., New York, NY) was used for right ventricular assist. Although strict management was required to balance the flow rates of the two different types of devices, her postoperative course was uneventful and she was discharged home.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21295496 DOI： 10.1016/j.healun.2010.11.013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Heart Lung Transplant ISSN： 1053-2498 Impact factor: 10.247