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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:277-278
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Successful weaning of a transplanted heart from biventricular assist device

Johannes M. Albes, MDa, Friedrich S. Eckstein, MDa, Markus K. Heinemann, MDa, Gerhard Ziemer, MDa

a Department of Thoracic, Cardiac, and Vascular Surgery, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany

Address reprint requests to Dr Albes, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Jena, Bachstr 18, 07743 Jena, Germany
e-mail: johannes.albes{at}med.uni-jena.de

Exceptionally few cases worldwide have survived weaning from a biventricular assist device following heart transplantation in contrast to those who underwent early retransplantation. We present a successful outcome after biventricular assist device implantation following initial biventricular failure after heart transplantation. Weaning could be performed after 1 week, although pulmonary vascular resistance remained markedly elevated.




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