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Successful biventricular assistance after heart transplantation
Jose M Arribas1, Domingo A Pascual, Francisco Gutiérrez
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain. arribasdelpeso@telepolis.com
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|February 5, 2004
Abstract:
We present a successful use of biventricular pneumatic assistance during seven days allowing the recovery from a severe primary graft failure that occurred in the operating room. Suboptimal donors are associated with higher rates of immediate graft failure; however proper use of mechanical assistance can help to recover graft function.