Eosinophilic heart disease with vasculitis: supported by HeartMate left ventricular assist device and heart transplantation.
Eosinophilic heart disease is rarely seen in clinical practice. We report a patient with eosinophilic heart disease who presented with acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure. Because of lack of a donor organ and progressive deterioration of his general condition in spite of intraaortic balloon pumping, a left ventricular assist device (HeartMate 1000 IP; Thermo Cardiosystems Inc, Woburn, MA) was implanted before development of irreversible multiple organ failure and was followed by heart transplantation.
Hsu
Chiao-Po
CP
Department of Surgery National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine and Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Chang
Shiao-Hwang
SH
Wang
Jih-Shiuan
JS
Shih
Chun-Che
CC
Lai
Shiau-Ting
ST
Yang
An-Hang
AH
D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology