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Use of a Totally Artificial Heart for a Complex Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 26 Jun 2013Publisher:Forum Multimedia Publishing LLCJournal:The Heart Surgery Forum, volume 16, page 155 (issn: 1098-3511, eissn: 1522-6662,

Authors: Bojan Vrtovec; Jus Ksela; Manca Racic; Ursa Mikuz; Nenad Danojevic; Ivan Knezevic; Gregor Poglajen; +3 Authors

doi: 10.1532/hsf98.20121142

pmid: 23803241

Use of a Totally Artificial Heart for a Complex Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect

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Abstract

The incidence of cardiac rupture complicating myocardial infarction has declined since the introduction of thrombolytic therapy. Despite the advances in the management of myocardial infarction, cardiac rupture remains an important cause of death among infarction-related fatalities. We discuss a patient who presented to our hospital with myocardial infarction and who subsequently developed a complex ventricular septal rupture, for which surgical repair was not feasible. Implantation of a CardioWest Total Artificial Heart (SynCardia Systems) allowed for immediate hemodynamic stabilization and served as a bridge to transplantation.

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University of Ljubljana
Slovenia
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Slovenia

Keywords

Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular, Male, Treatment Outcome, Myocardial Infarction, Heart Transplantation, Humans, Heart, Artificial, Middle Aged, Combined Modality Therapy, Ventricular Septal Rupture

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