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Bridge to recovery with a left ventricular assist device for fulminant acute myocarditis
T Ueno1, P Bergin, M Richardson
1Heart and Lung Transplant Service, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|February 2, 2000
Abstract:
Acute fulminant myocarditis frequently causes circulatory collapse that is resistant to conventional therapy. We describe a case in which a patient with histologically confirmed viral myocarditis was supported by a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as a bridge to recovery. The LVAD was successfully weaned 3 weeks later.