title: Use of left-ventricular assist with the Hemopump in cardiac surgery.
abstract: From July 1989 to May 1992 16 patients received circulatory support with a Hemopump assist device in the Department of Cardiac Surgery of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The mean age of those patients was 56 +/- 13 years (ranging from 23 to 72 years). The mean time of assisted circulation was 60 +/- 46 h (ranging from 2 to 168 h). Group I consists of 13 patients who received the device after postcardiotomy cardiac failure (survival 38%). Group II includes 1 patient who received the pump prior to repair of a large postinfarction ventricular septal defect (survival 10%). Group III consists of 2 patients for whom the Hemopump was used as a bridge to cardiac retransplantation. Both are still alive (survival 100%). If the 21-F Hemopump is implanted following a critical indication it can be used rather successfully for mechanical circulatory support.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Waldenberger
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wouters
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wiebalck
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Flameng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000502:physiology; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology