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Cardiac Loading using Passive Left Atrial Pressurization and Passive Afterload for Graft Assessment
Published on: August 2, 2024
A rare cause of graft dysfunction after a heart transplant
Hannah Zimmerman1, Paul E Nolan, Jack G Copeland
1Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California San Diego, MC 8892, 200 W. Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103, USA.
Abstract:
A 39-year-old man with a dilated cardiomyopathy was treated for recurrent life threatening ventricular arrhythmias with an automatic defibrillator and multiple antiarrhythmic agents. After transplant, the donor heart was asystolic probably secondary to these agents. A biventricular paracorporeal device supported the patient for four days and the heart recovered. He remains NYHA class I seven years later.
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