Crossing the Bridge to Heart Transplantation: Biventricular Impella to Support an Unstable LVAD Patient

Joban Vaishnav; Steven Hsu; Kavita Sharma; Roberta Florido; Sabra Lewsey; Steven P. Schulman; Matthews Chacko; Ahmet Kilic; Chun woo Choi; Nisha A. Gilotra

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.12.017

Crossing the Bridge to Heart Transplantation: Biventricular Impella to Support an Unstable LVAD Patient

Joban Vaishnav
, Steven Hsu
, Kavita Sharma
, Roberta Florido
, Sabra Lewsey
, Steven P. Schulman
, Matthews Chacko
, Ahmet Kilic
, Chun woo Choi
, Nisha A. Gilotra

School of Medicine

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Abstract

We report the first case of a patient with a durable left ventricular assist device admitted with cardiogenic shock and managed with biventricular Impella support as a successful bridge to heart transplantation. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	173-177
Number of pages	5
Journal	JACC: Case Reports
Volume	2
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.12.017
State	Published - Feb 2020

Keywords

acute heart failure
cardiac assist device
cardiac transplantation
cardiomyopathy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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