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Use of Two Intracorporeal Ventricular Assist Devices As a Total Artificial Heart
Published on: May 11, 2018
Long-term continuous flow mechanical biventricular support: 9 years and counting
Einar Gude1, Tom N Hoel2, Gro Sørensen2
1Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
Abstract:
We report 2 continuous flow HeartWareTM left ventricular assist devices successfully used in a patient with advanced heart failure of giant cell myocarditis origin in a biventricular configuration. Despite technical challenges of adapting a left ventricular assist device engineered for systemic pressure to function as a right ventricular assist device, the addition of dynamic banding on the right ventricular assist device outflow graft allowed successful adaptation of afterload. This patient has now been on biventricular configuration support for 9 years, and remains stable to this day.
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