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Crossing the Bridge to Heart Transplantation

Authors :
Joban Vaishnav, MD
Steven Hsu, MD
Kavita Sharma, MD
Roberta Florido, MD, MPH
Sabra Lewsey, MD, MPH
Steven P. Schulman, MD
Matthews Chacko, MD
Ahmet Kilic, MD
Chun-woo Choi, MD
Nisha A. Gilotra, MD
Source :
JACC: Case Reports, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 173-177 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Elsevier, 2020.

Abstract

We report the first case of a patient with a durable left ventricular assist device admitted with cardiogenic shock and managed with biventricular Impella support as a successful bridge to heart transplantation. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Subjects

Subjects :
acute heart failure
cardiac assist device
cardiac transplantation
cardiomyopathy
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
RC666-701

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Language :
English
ISSN :
26660849
Volume :
2
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
JACC: Case Reports
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.97d79bd769ef43c89d02da4ecc68bd2f
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.12.017
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