title: Right ventricular infarction during left ventricular assist system support.
abstract: Left ventricular assist devices are frequently used to bridge patients to cardiac transplantation. As this experience grows, new and unanticipated complications will occur. This report describes a 50-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy being bridged to cardiac transplantation who suffered an acute right ventricular infarction during the interval of support.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, Missouri 63110-0250, USA. mcbridlm@wpogate.slu.edu
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruggiero
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Powers
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Moroney
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Swartz
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*