Why the study?
Does CRT-D implantation with AV node ablation facilitate weaning from ECMO in a patient with cardiogenic shock and severe heart failure?
Population
1 65-year-old woman with acute decompensated heart failure, reduced LVEF, severe mitral regurgitation, left…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
3 months
Authors
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VA-ECMO stabilized refractory cardiogenic shock with severe MR and LBBB; leaves open its role as bridge in similar patients.
Does CRT-D implantation with AV node ablation facilitate weaning from ECMO in a patient with cardiogenic shock and severe heart failure?
CRT-D implantation with AV node ablation may serve as an effective rescue therapy to facilitate weaning from ECMO in select patients with cardiogenic shock and severe heart failure with dyssynchrony.
Lim et al. (2016) studied this question.
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