March 6, 2012ASAIO Journal
Combined Use of Impella Left Ventricular Assist Device and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Recovery in Fulminant Myocarditis
Population
1 patient with fulminant myocarditis, cardiogenic shock, and biventricular and respiratory failure
Design
Case_report
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Discussion
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Implication
May support combined pLVAD-ECMO in select fulminant myocarditis cases; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
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Population
1 patient with fulminant myocarditis, cardiogenic shock, and biventricular and respiratory failure
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Intervention
Combined use of Impella left ventricular assist device and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
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Outcome
Bridge to recovery
This case report demonstrates the feasibility of combining a percutaneous left ventricular assist device with ECMO as a bridge to recovery in fulminant myocarditis with biventricular and respiratory failure.
Cite This Study
Chaparro et al. (2012) studied this question.