Initial Experience of Left Ventricular Assist Device Support for Adult Patients with Transposition of the Great Vessels

Congenit Heart Dis. 2015 Sep-Oct;10(5):382-6. doi: 10.1111/chd.12264. Epub 2015 Apr 27.

Authors

Jonathan N Menachem¹, Aparna C Swaminathan², Thomas M Bashore², Cary C Ward², Joseph G Rogers², Carmelo A Milano², Chetan B Patel²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.

PMID: 25913866
DOI: 10.1111/chd.12264

No abstract available

Keywords: LVAD; Mechanical Support; Transplant; Transposition.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Fatal Outcome
Female
Heart Arrest / diagnosis
Heart Arrest / etiology
Heart Arrest / physiopathology
Heart Arrest / therapy*
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Heart Failure / therapy*
Heart Transplantation
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prosthesis Design
Recovery of Function
Shock, Cardiogenic / diagnosis
Shock, Cardiogenic / etiology
Shock, Cardiogenic / physiopathology
Shock, Cardiogenic / therapy*
Time Factors
Transposition of Great Vessels / complications
Transposition of Great Vessels / diagnosis
Transposition of Great Vessels / physiopathology
Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery*
Treatment Outcome
Ventricular Function, Left*
Ventricular Function, Right*