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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:2326-2328
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Isolated right ventricular assist for postcardiotomy myocardial infarction

Herbert B. Hangler, MDa, Johannes O. Bonatti, MDa, Herwig Antretter, MDa, Peter Mair, MDb, Ludwig C. Müller, MDa

a Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leopold-Franzens-University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
b Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Leopold-Franzens–University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Address reprint requests to Dr Hangler, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leopold-Franzens-University, Anichstr 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
e-mail: herbert.hangler{at}uibk.ac.at

Due to myocardial infarction, profound postcardiotomy right heart failure developed in a 57-year-old man after implantation of an aortic homograft for infective aortic valve endocarditis. Despite maximum medical therapy and intraaortic balloon counterpulsation, signs of endorgan injury developed, and therefore a Thoratec (Pleasanton, CA) right ventricular assist device was implanted. After 17 days of support, myocardial and endorgan function had recovered and the fully mobilized patient was successfully weaned from support and discharged from the hospital.




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