Potential role of the Impella Recover left ventricular assist device in the management of postinfarct ventricular septal defect.
Patanè
Francesco
F
Cardiac Surgery Department, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy. f_patane@hotmail.com
Centofanti
Paolo
P
Zingarelli
Edoardo
E
Sansone
Fabrizio
F
La Torre
Michele
M
D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006342:Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*