Mechanical ventricular support lowers pulmonary vascular resistance in a patient with congential heart disease

Jason A. Petrofski; Charles W. Hoopes; Thomas M. Bashore; Stuart D. Russell; Carmelo A. Milano

doi:10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04372-2

Mechanical ventricular support lowers pulmonary vascular resistance in a patient with congential heart disease

Jason A. Petrofski, Charles W. Hoopes, Thomas M. Bashore, Stuart D. Russell, Carmelo A. Milano

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Abstract

Severely elevated pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is a relative contraindication to orthotopic heart transplantation. A potential novel strategy to reverse elevated PVR may be implantation of a chronic left ventricular assist device with subsequent left ventricular unloading. We present a patient with elevated PVR secondary to congenital heart disease who was listed for heart-lung transplant. The patient underwent placement of biventricular assist devices and subsequently experienced marked reduction of PVR, ultimately enabling successful heart transplantation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1005-1007
Number of pages	3
Journal	Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Volume	75
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04372-2
State	Published - Mar 1 2003
Externally published	Yes

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Surgery
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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