Successful use of the centrifugal ventricular assist device for postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock.
A centrifugal pump was successfully used as a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) in a 54-year-old female who developed cardiogenic shock following open heart surgery. Cardiac index prior to the LVAD support was 1.4 l/min/m2 and increased to 3.0 l/min/m2 at removal of the device, which assisted for 88h. She resumed her daily activity 10 months after the operation and is in New York Heart Association functional class I.
Ishino
K
K
Second Department of Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
Kawakami
S
S
Furutani
S
S
Imai
S
S
Nakayama
H
H
Murakami
T
T
Senoo
Y
Y
Teramoto
S
S
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000628:therapy*