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Successful weaning of a transplanted heart from biventricular assist device
J M Albes1, F S Eckstein, M K Heinemann
1Department of Thoracic, Cardiac, and Vascular Surgery, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany. johannes.albes@med.uni-jena.de
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|August 2, 2000
Abstract:
Exceptionally few cases worldwide have survived weaning from a biventricular assist device following heart transplantation in contrast to those who underwent early retransplantation. We present a successful outcome after biventricular assist device implantation following initial biventricular failure after heart transplantation. Weaning could be performed after 1 week, although pulmonary vascular resistance remained markedly elevated.