Left ventricular assist system through the left ventricle for acute myocardial infarction: report of a case.
A 49-year-old man, who had suffered from acute myocardial infarction due to left main trunk occlusion, developed cardiogenic shock and was successfully treated with an implantation of a left ventricular assist system with left ventricular apical drainage. At present he is awaiting a heart transplant at approximately 485 days since the operation. The timely application of a left ventricular assist system before the development of multiple organ failure is thus considered to be effective for patients demonstrating acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock.
Hata
Hiroki
H
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine (E1), 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Matsumiya
Goro
G
Sawa
Yoshiki
Y
Fukushima
Norihide
N
Monta
Osamu
O
Matsuda
Hikaru
H
D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000628:therapy