Successful bridge to retransplantation with the wearable Novacor left ventricular assist system.
The wearable version of the Novacor left ventricular assist system has been implanted in a 44-year-old man as a bridge to retransplantation. Apart from a temporary right ventricular failure, the postoperative course was smooth and the patient underwent retransplantation after 95 days of support. Expected complications like infection or bleeding could be avoided or minimized.
Jacquet
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Division of Cardiothoracic Intensive Care, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Dion
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Noirhomme
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P
Van Dijck
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Goenen
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M
D000328:Adult; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000601:surgery*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation