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Transcontinental transport of a patient with an AbioMed BVS 5000 BVAD
Evgenij V Potapov1, Frank Merkle, Andreas Güttel
1Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany. potapov@dhzb.de
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|April 6, 2004
Abstract:
In patients with severe cardiogenic shock requiring implantation of a short-term assist device transportation to a specialized heart center for further therapy may be necessary. We report the first successful transcontinental air transport (from Singapore to Berlin, Germany) of a patient with fulminating myocarditis requiring implantation of a biventricular assist device.
