Biventricular percutaneous axial flow pumps can successfully bridge patients with severe mitral regurgitation and biventricular cardiogenic shock to surgery.
Prompt recognition of acute right ventricular failure is essential in order to provide timely hemodynamic support. We report a case of a patient with severe mitral regurgitation complicated by cardiogenic shock that failed to improve with left ventricular support alone. The recognition of concomitant right ventricular failure led to the addition of a right ventricular support device, resulting in dramatic hemodynamic improvement. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Renard et al. (2016) studied this question.