Catheterization of the AbioCor implantable replacement heart: evaluation of the unique physiology created by the device.
We performed the 1st catheterization of an AbioCor implantable replacement heart, in a patient who had developed high right-sided pump pressures, to determine whether the high pressures were caused by graft kinking or obstruction.
Delgado
Reynolds M
RM
The Department of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and Assist Devices, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. rdelgado@pol.net
Nawar
Mohamad
M
Loghin
Catalin
C
Myers
Timothy J
TJ
Gregoric
Igor D
ID
Pool
Toni
T
Scroggins
Nancy
N
Radovancevic
Branislav
B
Frazier
O H
OH
D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz; D006354:Heart, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000502:physiology