Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) enables survival during 7 h of sustained ventricular fibrillation.
We describe the case of a patient implanted with a DeBakey left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as bridge to transplant who survived 7 h of ventricular fibrillation. He was successfully converted into a stable sinus rhythm.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. sacha.salzberg@msnyuhealth.org
Sacha P
SP
Salzberg
Mario L
ML
Lachat
Gregor
G
Zünd
Marko I
MI
Turina
D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*