title: Refractory angina with severe left ventricular dysfunction: a case for percutaneous transseptal ventricular assistance supported revascularization.
abstract: A 73-year-old female patient with medical refractory angina, severe multivessel disease and a critically depressed left ventricular function (ejection fraction 30%) was admitted to our hospital. Considered a poor candidate for surgical revascularization, she underwent urgent high-risk revascularization supported by use of a novel percutaneous left ventricular assist system.
authors.affiliation: Division of Interventional Cardiology, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramondo
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tarantini
authors.forename: Raffaello
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chioin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*