Successful balloon counterpulsation for right ventricular failure.
We used pulmonary arterial balloon counterpulsation to treat successfully a patient with severe right ventricular failure following mitral valve replacement. The balloon was placed through a vascular graft sutured as a diverticulum to the main pulmonary artery.
D000368:Aged; D001243:Assisted Circulation; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery