Thoratec left ventricular assist device for bridging to recovery in fulminant acute myocarditis

Fulminant acute myocarditis can be the cause of rapid cardiac decompensation that is resistant to maximal medical therapy. Successful weaning from left ventricular mechanical support is very rare in fulminant myocarditis. We report the case of a young patient with viral myocarditis who was successfu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2002-07, Vol.74 (1), p.234-235
Hauptverfasser:	Joharchi, Masood S, Neiser, Uwe, Lenschow, Ute, Schubert, Jochen, Kienast, Wolfgang, Noeldge-Schomburg, Gabriele, Steinhoff, Gustav
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Adolescent Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Emergency and intensive cardiocirculatory care. Cardiogenic shock. Coronary intensive care Female Heart Failure - etiology Heart Failure - physiopathology Heart Failure - therapy Heart-Assist Devices Humans Intensive care medicine Medical sciences Myocarditis - complications Myocarditis - physiopathology Myocarditis - therapy Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Fulminant acute myocarditis can be the cause of rapid cardiac decompensation that is resistant to maximal medical therapy. Successful weaning from left ventricular mechanical support is very rare in fulminant myocarditis. We report the case of a young patient with viral myocarditis who was successfully weaned from a Thoratec left ventricular assist device with full recovery of myocardial function.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03542-7