A new right ventricular assist device for right ventricular support
Open Access
- 1 November 2003
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 24 (5) , 834-836
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1010-7940(03)00512-8
Abstract
Right ventricular support by mechanical devices for postcardiotomy right heart failure is still associated with a high mortality. We report on the first use of a new paracardiac microaxial blood pump for postcardiotomy right heart failure in two patients undergoing emergency coronary artery bypass grafting (the first patient for a myocardial infarction complicated by a left ventricular wall rupture, the second patient for a dissection of the right coronary artery after an interventional procedure).Keywords
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