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Use of a Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device/Left Atrium to Femoral Artery Bypass System for Cardiogenic Shock
Published on: August 16, 2021
Jarvik 2000 FlowMaker axial-flow left ventricular assist device support for management of refractory ventricular
Yasmin Wadia1, Reynolds M Delgado, Peggy Odegaard
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgical Research, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX 77225-0345, USA. yasminwadia@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Chronic congestive heart failure is not uncommonly associated with ventricular arrhythmias. In a small percentage of these cases, the arrhythmias may become refractory to medical therapy and exacerbate the patient's underlying heart failure. The authors report such a case, in which ventricular failure necessitated insertion of a Jarvik 2000 FlowMaker left ventricular assist device (Jarvik Heart Inc., New York, NY). In addition to normalizing the cardiac output, this axial-flow device controlled the previously unremitting ventricular arrhythmia.
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