Crossing the Bridge to Heart Transplantation: Biventricular Impella to Support an Unstable LVAD Patient

Joban Vaishnav; Steven Hsu; Kavita Sharma; Roberta Florido; Sabra Lewsey; Steven P. Schulman; Matthews Chacko; Ahmet Kilic; Chun woo Choi; Nisha A. Gilotra

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.12.017

Crossing the Bridge to Heart Transplantation: Biventricular Impella to Support an Unstable LVAD Patient

Joban Vaishnav, Steven Hsu, Kavita Sharma, Roberta Florido, Sabra Lewsey, Steven P. Schulman, Matthews Chacko, Ahmet Kilic, Chun woo Choi, Nisha A. Gilotra

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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.)

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	173-177
Number of pages	5
Journal	JACC: Case Reports
Volume	2
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.12.017
State	Published - Feb 2020

Keywords

acute heart failure
cardiac assist device
cardiac transplantation
cardiomyopathy

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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