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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:628-630
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Weaning from mechanical support in a patient with acute heart failure and multiple sclerosis

Ulf W. Kjellman, MDa, Per Hallgren, MDb, Claes-Håkan Bergh, MDb, Jan Lycke, MDc, Anders Oldfors, MDd, Lars Wiklund, MDa

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
b Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
c Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
d Department of Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden

Address reprint requests to Dr Wiklund, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
e-mail: lars.wiklund{at}medfak.gu.se

We describe a 19-year-old woman developing acute left ventricular heart failure during her first exacerbation of multiple sclerosis. Histopathologic examination of myocardial tissue showed extensive myocytolysis. A left ventricular assist device was implanted. Three months later the cardiac function was restored and the left ventricular assist device was explanted. After 1 year the patient still remains well and her cardiac function is normal.




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