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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:2149-2151
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Doppler tissue imaging to predict myocardial recovery during mechanical circulatory support

Emmanuelle Vermes, MDa, Rémi Houël, MDa, Marc Simon, MDa, Paul Le Besnerais, MDa, Daniel Loisance, MDa

a Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, CNRS UPRES-A 7054, Association Claude Bernard, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France

Accepted for publication March 15, 2000.

Address reprint requests to Dr Loisance, Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 51, avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010 Créteil, France
e-mail: loisance{at}univ-oaris12.fr

Bridge to recovery is a possibility for patients receiving mechanical circulatory support. However, no reliable factors exist to predict a sustained myocardial recovery. We report the use of a new technique of Doppler tissue imaging to document myocardial recovery in two cases with promising results.






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