Thoratec left ventricular assist device for bridging to recovery in fulminant acute myocarditis.
Fulminant acute myocarditis can be the cause of rapid cardiac decompensation that is resistant to maximal medical therapy. Successful weaning from left ventricular mechanical support is very rare in fulminant myocarditis. We report the case of a young patient with viral myocarditis who was successfully weaned from a Thoratec left ventricular assist device with full recovery of myocardial function.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical Faculty, University of Rostock, Germany.
Masood S
MS
Joharchi
Uwe
U
Neiser
Ute
U
Lenschow
Jochen
J
Schubert
Wolfgang
W
Kienast
Gabriele
G
Noeldge-Schomburg
Gustav
G
Steinhoff
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology