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Published on: May 11, 2018
Biventricular assistance with 2 hm3 in a small chest patient: extra-pericardial implant
Giulio Folino1, Antonio Piperata2, Jonida Bejko2
1Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padua, Italy. folinogiulio@gmail.com.
Abstract:
We describe the clinical course and treatment of a 53-year-old female, with small chest dimensions, referred to our institution for a primary cardiogenic shock. The patient underwent an on-pump left ventricular assist-device (VAD) implantation with the aid of immediate post-operative paracorporeal right-VAD assistance for an acute right ventricular failure. After two unsuccessful weaning attempts, she underwent extrapericardial HM 3 RVAD implantation.
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