Use of the Jarvik 2000 Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock
Received 18 December 2006; received in revised form 21 March 2007; accepted 13 April 2007. published online 14 June 2007.
Several strategies for circulatory support have been successfully utilized as bridges to recovery or transplantation after acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock. We report the novel use of a continuous flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD) for successful recovery and bridging to transplantation in a patient who had massive anterior wall myocardial infarction.
aDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
bDivision of Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
cUNC Hospitals, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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