Journal article
Seventeen-month-long paracorporeal biventricular mechanical support as a bridge to transplantation for severe dilated cardiomyopathy
Journal of artificial organs, Vol.18(1), pp.92-94
03/01/2015
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-014-0797-6
PMID: 25320017
Abstract
The long-term management of paracorporeal biventricular assist devices (BiVAD) is difficult because of significant risks of bleeding, thrombosis, and infection. Here we report the case of a 41-year-old woman with severe dilated cardiomyopathy who developed serious cerebral bleeding after receiving a paracorporeal BiVAD but recovered well after treatment. She eventually underwent cardiac transplantation 17 months after implantation of the paracorporeal BiVAD.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Seventeen-month-long paracorporeal biventricular mechanical support as a bridge to transplantation for severe dilated cardiomyopathy
- Creators
- Tadashi Kitamura - Kitasato UniversityShinzo Torii - Kitasato UniversityNorihiko Oka - Kitasato UniversityTetsuya Horai - Kitasato UniversityKeiichi Itatani - Kitasato UniversityTakeshi Yoshii - Kitasato UniversityYuki Nakamura - Kitasato UniversityMiyuki Shibata - Kitasato UniversityTomoki Tamura - Kitasato UniversityHaruna Araki - Kitasato UniversityYoshikiyo Matsunaga - Kitasato UniversityKagami Miyaji - Kitasato University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of artificial organs, Vol.18(1), pp.92-94
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10047-014-0797-6
- PMID
- 25320017
- ISSN
- 1434-7229
- eISSN
- 1619-0904
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 3
- Grant note
- 25861232 / Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2015
- Academic Unit
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9985164230302771
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