Jarvik 2000 FlowMaker axial-flow left ventricular assist device support for management of refractory ventricular arrhythmias.
Chronic congestive heart failure is not uncommonly associated with ventricular arrhythmias. In a small percentage of these cases, the arrhythmias may become refractory to medical therapy and exacerbate the patient's underlying heart failure. The authors report such a case, in which ventricular failure necessitated insertion of a Jarvik 2000 FlowMaker left ventricular assist device (Jarvik Heart Inc., New York, NY). In addition to normalizing the cardiac output, this axial-flow device controlled the previously unremitting ventricular arrhythmia.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgical Research, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX 77225-0345, USA. yasminwadia@yahoo.com
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*