title: [Successful post-bypass extracorporeal circulatory assistance with the centrifugal pump].
abstract: Patients with reduced left ventricular function do have an increased risk of inability to be weaned off bypass after open heart surgery despite maximal pharmacologic support and intraaortic balloon counter-pulsation. Centrifugal pumps used for extracorporeal circulatory assist can maintain a patient in low cardiac output up to days without anticoagulation. We used a centrifugal pump in 3 patients: as a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) in 2 patients and right ventricular assist device (RVAD) in 1 patient. One LVAD-patient became a long-term survivor after 20 h of assist, another was bridged successfully to an open heart procedure for 2 h after papillary muscle rupture. One RVAD patient died on the operating table due to massive tracheal bleeding probably caused by pulmonary hypertension.
mesh_terms: D001243:Assisted Circulation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Erfolgreiche post-Bypass extracorporale Kreislaufassistenz mit Zentrifugalpumpe.