| Literature DB >> 23907564 |
Mitsutoshi Kimura1, Osamu Kinoshita, Takashi Nishimura, Teruhiko Imamura, Taro Shiga, Koichi Kashiwa, Koichiro Kinugawa, Shunei Kyo, Minoru Ono.
Abstract
We report a case in which the DuraHeart (Terumo Heart, Ann Arbor, MI, USA) was successfully removed despite a low ejection fraction. A 33-year-old man who suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy underwent implantation of the DuraHeart. The assist flow decreased to less than 1.0 l/min 3 months after the implantation. Echocardiography demonstrated a low left ventricular ejection fraction (26 %) and left ventricular dilatation (64 mm). Right heart catheterization revealed a cardiac index of 2.9 l/min/m(2) with a DuraHeart flow of 0.7 l/min. The patient underwent DuraHeart explantation without cardiopulmonary bypass. He was stable at 10 months post-explant.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23907564 DOI: 10.1007/s10047-013-0723-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Artif Organs ISSN: 1434-7229 Impact factor: 1.731