Extracorporeal total artificial heart as bailout surgery

Stéphanie F Perrodin; Olivier Muller; Fabrizio Gronchi; Lucas Liaudet; Roger Hullin; Matthias Kirsch

doi:10.1111/jocs.13110

Extracorporeal total artificial heart as bailout surgery

J Card Surg. 2017 Mar;32(3):222-228. doi: 10.1111/jocs.13110. Epub 2017 Feb 15.

Authors

Stéphanie F Perrodin¹, Olivier Muller², Fabrizio Gronchi³, Lucas Liaudet⁴, Roger Hullin², Matthias Kirsch¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.

PMID: 28198093
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.13110

Abstract

We report the use of a total extracorporeal heart for uncontrolled bleeding following a proximal left anterior descending artery perforation, using two centrifugal ventricular assist devices after heart explantation. The literature describing similar techniques and patient outcomes for this "bailout" technique are reviewed.

Keywords: artificial heart; cardiectomy; ventricular assist device.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Coronary Vessels / injuries*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / adverse effects*
Pericardium
Postoperative Complications / therapy*
Postoperative Hemorrhage / etiology
Postoperative Hemorrhage / therapy*
Treatment Outcome