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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;74:586-588
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Implantation of a left ventricular assist device in situs inversus

Michele Musci, MD*a,c, Michael J. Jurmann, MDa,c, Thorsten Drews, MDa,c, Charles Yankah, MD, PhDa,c, Hermann Kuppe, MD, PhDb,c, Yuguo Weng, MD, PhDa,c, Roland Hetzer, MD, PhDa,c

a Department of Cardiothoracic, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
b Department of Vascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
c Department of Anaesthesiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Accepted for publication December 5, 2001.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Musci, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
e-mail: musci{at}dhzb.de

A 42-year-old man with situs inversus was referred to our institution because of end-stage ischemic cardiomyopathy. Cardiac arrest occurred after admission, and the patient underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation. An extracorporeal left ventricular assist device (Berlin Heart) was implanted as a bridge to transplantation. This is one of the first reports of left ventricular assist device implantation in a patient with situs inversus and ischemic cardiomyopathy.






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