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Cardiac allograft failure: successful use of biventricular assist device
- Source :
- The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 60:1409-1411
- Publication Year :
- 1995
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1995.
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Abstract
- Nonspecific primary allograft dysfunction is an important cause of perioperative death in cardiac transplant recipients. We report a case of severe nonspecific allograft dysfunction that was ultimately reversible after 18 days of biventricular mechanical circulatory support. Allograft recovery was echocardiographically recognized by a positive inotropic response to isoproterenol and milrinone. This case illustrates the potential for recovery of even extreme allograft dysfunction.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Graft Rejection
Male
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Inotrope
Cardiotonic Agents
Pyridones
medicine.medical_treatment
Cardiac Output, Low
chemical and pharmacologic phenomena
medicine
Humans
Ultrasonography
Heart transplantation
business.industry
Isoproterenol
medicine.disease
Combined Modality Therapy
Transplantation
surgical procedures, operative
Heart failure
Anesthesia
Circulatory system
cardiovascular system
Heart Transplantation
Milrinone
Surgery
Heart-Assist Devices
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Complication
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00034975
- Volume :
- 60
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b6d1f11303544a1aa64be8eae776aa2f