title: Recovery from end-stage ischemic cardiomyopathy during long-term LVAD support.
abstract: A patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy and extremely reduced left ventricular function (left ventricular ejection fraction=0.10) presented to our institution for cardiac transplantation. Because of his worsening condition he was placed on the Novacor left ventricular assist device. During 3 months of support his left ventricular function recovered and he successfully underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting procedures; subsequently he could be weaned from the left ventricular assist device and discharged. The patient is no longer considered for cardiac transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Charité, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. cardiac&rz.charite.hu-berlin.de.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pietsch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Laube
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baumann
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Konertz
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000628:therapy*