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Mechanical ventricular support lowers pulmonary vascular resistance in a patient with congential heart disease.

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Petrofski, JA; Hoopes, CW; Bashore, TM; Russell, SD; Milano, CA
Published in: Ann Thorac Surg
March 2003

Severely elevated pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is a relative contraindication to orthotopic heart transplantation. A potential novel strategy to reverse elevated PVR may be implantation of a chronic left ventricular assist device with subsequent left ventricular unloading. We present a patient with elevated PVR secondary to congenital heart disease who was listed for heart-lung transplant. The patient underwent placement of biventricular assist devices and subsequently experienced marked reduction of PVR, ultimately enabling successful heart transplantation.

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Ann Thorac Surg

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0003-4975

Publication Date

March 2003

Volume

75

Issue

3

Start / End Page

1005 / 1007

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Vascular Resistance
  • Transposition of Great Vessels
  • Respiratory System
  • Reoperation
  • Pulmonary Wedge Pressure
  • Pulmonary Artery
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Male
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary
  • Humans
 

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Petrofski, J. A., Hoopes, C. W., Bashore, T. M., Russell, S. D., & Milano, C. A. (2003). Mechanical ventricular support lowers pulmonary vascular resistance in a patient with congential heart disease. Ann Thorac Surg, 75(3), 1005–1007. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-4975(02)04372-2
Petrofski, Jason A., Charles W. Hoopes, Thomas M. Bashore, Stuart D. Russell, and Carmelo A. Milano. “Mechanical ventricular support lowers pulmonary vascular resistance in a patient with congential heart disease.Ann Thorac Surg 75, no. 3 (March 2003): 1005–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0003-4975(02)04372-2.
Petrofski JA, Hoopes CW, Bashore TM, Russell SD, Milano CA. Mechanical ventricular support lowers pulmonary vascular resistance in a patient with congential heart disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 2003 Mar;75(3):1005–7.
Petrofski, Jason A., et al. “Mechanical ventricular support lowers pulmonary vascular resistance in a patient with congential heart disease.Ann Thorac Surg, vol. 75, no. 3, Mar. 2003, pp. 1005–07. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(02)04372-2.
Petrofski JA, Hoopes CW, Bashore TM, Russell SD, Milano CA. Mechanical ventricular support lowers pulmonary vascular resistance in a patient with congential heart disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 2003 Mar;75(3):1005–1007.
Journal cover image

Published In

Ann Thorac Surg

DOI

ISSN

0003-4975

Publication Date

March 2003

Volume

75

Issue

3

Start / End Page

1005 / 1007

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Vascular Resistance
  • Transposition of Great Vessels
  • Respiratory System
  • Reoperation
  • Pulmonary Wedge Pressure
  • Pulmonary Artery
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Male
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary
  • Humans