Successful explantation of a left ventricular assist device following acute fulminant myocarditis.
A left ventricular (LV) assist device was implanted in a 53-year-old woman in cardiogenic shock secondary to fulminant myocarditis. LV function recovered to normal after one week of support from an LV assist device. The device was explanted and the patient is showing a good outcome with a normalized LV function.
El-Hamamsy
Ismaïl
I
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Quebec.
White
Michel
M
Pellerin
Michel
M
Demers
Philippe
P
Bouchard
Denis
D
Leung
Tack Ki
TK
Perrault
Louis P
LP
Carrier
Michel
M