Key result
Impella VAD provided effective rescue therapy as a bridge to definitive surgery after left main coronary artery occlusion caused by transcatheter Melody valve placement.
Population
30-year-old woman with congenital heart disease and multiple resternotomies presenting with pulmonary…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May support Impella rescue in rare procedural shocks; leaves open prospective validation before broader adoption.
Case Report (n=1)
Impella VAD can serve as an effective rescue bridge to surgery for cardiogenic shock caused by left main coronary artery compression during transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation.
Wittwer et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Congenital heart disease with pulmonary homograft dysfunction (n=1). Impella ventricular assist device (VAD) and ECMO was evaluated. Impella VAD provided effective rescue therapy as a bridge to definitive surgery after left main coronary artery occlusion caused by transcatheter Melody valve placement.
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