Successful weaning of a transplanted heart from biventricular assist device.
Exceptionally few cases worldwide have survived weaning from a biventricular assist device following heart transplantation in contrast to those who underwent early retransplantation. We present a successful outcome after biventricular assist device implantation following initial biventricular failure after heart transplantation. Weaning could be performed after 1 week, although pulmonary vascular resistance remained markedly elevated.
Department of Thoracic, Cardiac, and Vascular Surgery, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany. johannes.albes@med.uni-jena.de
J M
JM
Albes
F S
FS
Eckstein
M K
MK
Heinemann
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G
Ziemer
D000328:Adult; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011182:Postoperative Care