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Staged and effortless explantation of CircuLite Synergy micropump
Prashant N Mohite1, Anton Sabashnikov, Diana Garcia
1Department of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Support, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, Middlesex, UB9 6JH, UK, drprashantis@rediffmail.com.
Abstract:
Synergy(®) micropump was implanted as a bridge to heart transplantation in a middle-age lady with chronic advanced heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy. After a good initial recovery, patient was discharged to ward, where her stay was prolonged due to non-healing operative wound over the micropump and recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding. After 3 months of therapy, the heart seemed to be recovered and the micropump was explanted. In view of the patient's bleeding tendency, the micropump was explanted in staged manner.
