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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
Longest Ongoing Support (13 Years) with Magnetically Levitated Left Ventricular Assist Device
Evgenij V Potapov1,2, Friedrich Kaufmann1, Markus Müller1
1From the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
Implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is an established treatment in end-stage heart failure. The longevity of LVAD support systems remains uncertain to a great extent because patients usually undergo transplantation, are weaned or die while on support before the maximum service life of these pumps is reached. We report about the hitherto longest published and still ongoing LVAD support of a 65 year old patient who received an Incor LVAD (Berlin Heart, Berlin, Germany, produced 2002-2018) 13 years ago. After pump exchange due to driveline damage, the patients were discharged home.
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