The Longest Living Patient Supported With Left Ventricular Assist Device (14 Years)

Ann Hallberg Kristensen; Peter Svenarud; Lars H Lund; Emil Najjar

doi:10.1097/MAT.0000000000002184

The Longest Living Patient Supported With Left Ventricular Assist Device (14 Years)

ASAIO J. 2024 Oct 1;70(10):e147-e149. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002184. Epub 2024 Sep 26.

Authors

Ann Hallberg Kristensen¹, Peter Svenarud^{2

3}, Lars H Lund^{1

4}, Emil Najjar^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 38446866
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002184

Abstract

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) improve survival and reduce symptoms in patients with advanced heart failure; however, the longer-term durability of LVADs remains uncertain especially with older-generation devices. In this case report, we describe the clinical course of a patient who has been successfully treated with the same HeartMate II LVAD for 14 years, the longest published and still ongoing LVAD support with the same originally implanted device.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Heart Failure* / surgery
Heart Failure* / therapy
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome