title: Right heart assist during beating bypass for severe left ventricular dysfunction.
abstract: Three patients with triple-vessel disease and severe left ventricular dysfunction underwent successful revascularization on a beating heart, using a right ventricular assist system. Heparin-coated circuits with a centrifugal pump provided 2.5 to 3.5 L x min(-1) of flow to maintain good hemodynamics and enable easy access to the posterior vessels during vertical displacement of the heart.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. matsumg@surg1.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Goro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matsumiya
authors.forename: Shigeaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohtake
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kagisaki
authors.forename: Toshiki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawa
authors.forename: Hikaru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002496:Central Venous Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013599:Systole; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*