title: Percutaneous blade and balloon atrioseptostomy as a supplement to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to heart transplantation.
abstract: In patients with severe ventricular dysfunction, the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) could be insufficient to discharge the left ventricle. The percutaneous blade and balloon atrioseptostomy that requires transeptal catheter-based experience could be an advisable technique to supplement assistance as a bridge to partial recovery or to heart transplantation. We present a case of a young male who presented for cardiogenic shock with a huge thrombus in the left main coronary artery in whom blade and balloon atrioseptostomy in addition to the ECMO was helpful to bail out and to perform heart transplantation.
authors: Department of Cardiology, CHU de Caen, Caen, F-14000, France. ziad_dahdouh@hotmail.com
authors: Ziad
authors: Z
authors: Dahdouh
authors: Vincent
authors: V
authors: Roule
authors: Thérèse
authors: T
authors: Lognoné
authors: Rémi
authors: R
authors: Sabatier
authors: Gilles
authors: G
authors: Grollier
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000379:methods*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult