High-risk percutaneous coronary intervention using the intracardiac microaxial pump 'Impella recover'.
Patients with multivessel coronary artery disease and severe left ventricular dysfunction are considered to be at high risk for percutaneous coronary intervention, and often are poor surgical candidates because of severe comorbidity. We report a case of high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention in a 67-year-old man with a severe left ventricular dysfunction and three-vessel coronary artery disease using a novel left ventricular assist device.
Ramondo
Angelo
A
Department of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Napodano
Massimo
M
Tarantini
Giuseppe
G
Calzolari
Diego
D
Nalli
Chiara
C
Cacciavillani
Luisa
L
Iliceto
Sabino
S
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000628:therapy*