TY - JOUR
T1 - Patient-controlled conditioning for left ventricular assist device-induced myocardial recovery
AU - Healy, Aaron H.
AU - Koliopoulou, Antigoni
AU - Drakos, Stavros G.
AU - McKellar, Stephen H.
AU - Stehlik, Josef
AU - Selzman, Craig H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - Although medical protocols exist to promote reverse remodeling in left ventricular assist device-supported patients, there are scant data about device management in these patients. We report the use of a Jarvik 2000 left ventricular assist device (Jarvik Heart Inc, New York, NY) to facilitate myocardial recovery leading to device explantation using a sequential, patient-controlled approach. Sequential conditioning of the left ventricular assist device-supported heart is a promising strategy for bridging patients to recovery and pump removal.
AB - Although medical protocols exist to promote reverse remodeling in left ventricular assist device-supported patients, there are scant data about device management in these patients. We report the use of a Jarvik 2000 left ventricular assist device (Jarvik Heart Inc, New York, NY) to facilitate myocardial recovery leading to device explantation using a sequential, patient-controlled approach. Sequential conditioning of the left ventricular assist device-supported heart is a promising strategy for bridging patients to recovery and pump removal.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.058
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.07.058
M3 - Article
C2 - 25952209
AN - SCOPUS:84929377171
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 99
SP - 1794
EP - 1796
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 5
ER -
