Treatment of right heart failure with a new microaxial blood pump.
Isolated postcardiotomy right ventricular failure is rare but associated with a high mortality. Therefore, new developments reducing this mortality are necessary. We report our first successful clinical use of a new paracardiac right ventricular microaxial blood pump which was developed for postcardiotomy right heart failure.
Christiansen
Stefan
S
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany. schristiansen@ukaachen.de
Dohmen
Guido
G
Autschbach
Rüdiger
R
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged