title: Percutaneous ventricular assist device in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy with cardiogenic shock: bridge to myectomy.
abstract: We present the case of a 69-year-old woman with end-stage hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy who developed cardiogenic shock. She underwent emergent placement of a percutaneous left ventricular assist device (TandemHeart) in the catheterization lab as a bridge support device until a septal myectomy could be performed as definitive treatment. This case suggests a novel and promising use of the TandemHeart as a bridge to myectomy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Adult Cardiology, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Cihan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cevik
authors.forename: Ha-uyen Thi
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Andrew B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Civitello
authors.forename: Leo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*