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Long-term bridge to transplantation with the Symbion acute ventricular assist device system
S Lick1, J G Copeland, L J Rosado
1Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|August 1, 1991
Abstract:
A 48-year-old man was supported for 164 days with Symbion biventricular assist devices. During that time, his cytotoxic antibody screen fell from 97% positivity to less than 10%, enabling cardiac transplantation. Complications during the implantation included a 3-minute episode of amaurosis fugax, one positive blood culture, and anemia, which responded to decreased frequency of blood drawing. He is now alive 7 months after transplantation.