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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
A Case Report of Ventricular Fibrillation Survival by Left Ventricular Assist Device for Hours
Ersin Doğanözü1, Ozgur Ersoy, Atilla Sezgin
1From the Department of Cardiology, 29 Mayis State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract:
In recent years, the population of patients implanted with a left ventricular assist device has been increasing. Ventricular arrhythmias are the most interesting and most deadly complications among patients with these implants. Ventricular arrhythmias may cause cardiovascular collapse and death in some cases, whereas they may be asymptomatic or less symptomatic in others. In the case described here, we present the therapeutic approach to a patient with a left ventricular assist device who had ventricular fibrillation and the pathophysiology of his clinical condition.
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