Strategies for left ventricular assist device insertion after the Dor procedure

Satoru Osaki; Niloo M Edwards; Takushi Kohmoto

doi:10.1016/j.healun.2009.02.004

Strategies for left ventricular assist device insertion after the Dor procedure

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 May;28(5):520-2. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.02.004. Epub 2009 Apr 5.

Authors

Satoru Osaki¹, Niloo M Edwards, Takushi Kohmoto

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53792-3236, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 19416785
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.02.004

Abstract

Insertion of the inflow cannula of an implantable left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a surgical challenge in patients who have previously undergone a Dor ventriculoplasty procedure. We report a 54-year-old man who had successful LVAD insertion 18 months after a Dor procedure. We also describe the strategy of LVAD insertion in such patients.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Output, Low* / diagnostic imaging
Cardiac Output, Low* / surgery
Coronary Artery Bypass*
Echocardiography
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Aneurysm / surgery*
Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
Heart Failure / surgery*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / surgery*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / surgery*
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Postoperative Complications / therapy*
Recurrence
Reoperation
Surgical Flaps*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / surgery*