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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:1307-1310
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Eosinophilic heart disease with vasculitis: supported by HeartMate left ventricular assist device and heart transplantation

Chiao-Po Hsu, MDa, Shiao-Hwang Chang, MDc, Jih-Shiuan Wang, MDa, Chun-Che Shih, MDa, Shiau-Ting Lai, MD*a, An-Hang Yang, MDb

a Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine and Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
b Department of Pathology, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine and Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
c Department of Surgery, Veterans Hospital—Tauyuan, Tauyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Accepted for publication June 28, 2001.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Lai, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201 Sec 2, Shih-Pai Rd, Taipei, Taiwan 112, ROC China
e-mail: laist{at}vghtpe.gov.tw

Eosinophilic heart disease is rarely seen in clinical practice. We report a patient with eosinophilic heart disease who presented with acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure. Because of lack of a donor organ and progressive deterioration of his general condition in spite of intraaortic balloon pumping, a left ventricular assist device (HeartMate 1000 IP; Thermo Cardiosystems Inc, Woburn, MA) was implanted before development of irreversible multiple organ failure and was followed by heart transplantation.






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