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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:282-283
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Case report

Invited commentary

^a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Providence Seattle Medical Center, 1600 E Jefferson, #101, Seattle, WA 98122, USA

e-mail: kjett@providence.org

	Introduction

 
The article by Westaby and colleagues describes the use of an implantable centrifugal blood pump for nonpulsatile left heart bypass for support of acute fulminant lymphocytic myocarditis. The patient had reversal of her shock and recovery of cardiac function, allowing removal of the device after 7 days of support. Although mechanical support has previously been used for support of myocarditis, this is a report of a successful outcome with the implantable AB-180 device. Several interesting points deserve attention.

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