Extracorporeal right to left atrial bypass to treat right ventricular failure

Ann Thorac Surg. 1999 Jan;67(1):246-8. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)01150-3.

Abstract

Graft right ventricular failure after heart transplantation, secondary to preoperative functional pulmonary hypertension, was successfully managed in a 49-year-old patient using an extracorporeal right to left atrial bypass. We comment on the case and discuss the type of mechanical assistance used.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / surgery
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Heart-Assist Devices*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / etiology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / physiopathology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / surgery*