Case
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Successful Recovery Using Surgical Intervention to Treat Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and Cardiogenic Shock |
| Satoshi Unosawa, MD,1 Mitsumasa Hata, MD,1 Akira Sezai, MD,1 Tetsuya Niino, MD,1 Isamu Yoshitake, MD,1 Kazuma Shimura, MD,1 Ken Nagao, MD,2 and Kazutomo Minami, MD1 |
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| We report here a successful case of recovery from cardiogenic shock resulting from ischemic cardiomyopathy, treated by using a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). The LVAD was successfully explanted at the time of simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting and left ventricular restoration after recovery from end-organ dysfunction by LVAD support.
(Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 16: 52-54) |
| Key words: cardiogenic shock, ischemic cardiomyopathy, left ventricular assist device, left ventricular restoration |
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine; and 2Department of Cardiology, Nihon University Surugadai Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Received January 30, 2009; accepted for publication February 9, 2009.
Address reprint requests to Satoshi Unosawa, MD: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30–1 Ooyaguchi-kami-machi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173–8610, Japan. |
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