title: Intractable ventricular tachycardia and bridging to heart transplantation with a non-pulsatile flow assist device in a patient with isolated left-ventricular non-compaction.
abstract: Intractable ventricular tachycardia was investigated in a 51-year-old man with isolated left ventricular non-compaction during implantation of an automated internal cardioverter-defibrillator. Favorable bridging to cardiac transplantation was achieved with the DeBakey left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maile
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oechslin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zund
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rahn
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lachat
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Turina
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*