Successful explantation of a left ventricular assist device following acute fulminant myocarditis

被引：2

作者：

El-Hamamsy, Ismail

White, Michel

Pellerin, Michel

Deniers, Philippe

Bouchard, Denis

Leung, Tack Ki

Perrault, Louis P.

Carrier, Michel

机构：

[1] Montreal Heart Inst, Dept Cardiovasc Surg, Montreal, PQ, Canada

[2] Montreal Heart Inst, Dept Med, Montreal, PQ, Canada

[3] Montreal Heart Inst, Dept Med Biol Pathol, Montreal, PQ, Canada

[4] Univ Montreal, Montreal, PQ, Canada

来源：

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY | 2006年 / 22卷 / 06期

关键词：

myocarditis; shock; ventricular assist device;

D O I：

10.1016/S0828-282X(06)70269-0

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

A left ventricular (LV) assist device was implanted in a 53-year-old woman in cardiogenic shock secondary to fulminant myocarditis. LV function recovered to normal after one week Of Support from an LV assist device. The device was explanted and the patient is showing a good outcome with a normalized LV function.

引用

页码：507 / 508

页数：2

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