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Implantation of a left ventricular assist device in situs inversus
Michele Musci1, Michael J Jurmann, Thorsten Drews
1Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Germany. musci@dhzb.de
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|August 14, 2002
Abstract:
A 42-year-old man with situs inversus was referred to our institution because of end-stage ischemic cardiomyopathy. Cardiac arrest occurred after admission, and the patient underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation. An extracorporeal left ventricular assist device (Berlin Heart) was implanted as a bridge to transplantation. This is one of the first reports of left ventricular assist device implantation in a patient with situs inversus and ischemic cardiomyopathy.

