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Refractory angina with severe left ventricular dysfunction: a case for percutaneous transseptal ventricular
Angelo Ramondo1, Giuseppe Tarantini, Raffaello Chioin
1Division of Interventional Cardiology, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy.
Abstract:
A 73-year-old female patient with medical refractory angina, severe multivessel disease and a critically depressed left ventricular function (ejection fraction 30%) was admitted to our hospital. Considered a poor candidate for surgical revascularization, she underwent urgent high-risk revascularization supported by use of a novel percutaneous left ventricular assist system.