Reversal of pulmonary hypertension in paediatric patients with restrictive cardiomyopathy.
Johanna SchleinJulia RiebandtGünther LauferDaniel ZimpferPublished in: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (2021)
Left ventricular assist devices can reverse pulmonary hypertension in cardiac transplant candidates with heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction. Whether a similar approach is applicable in restrictive cardiomyopathy is uncertain. We report the successful implantation of a Medtronic HVAD left ventricular assist device in a bridge-to-candidacy concept in 2 paediatric patients with restrictive cardiomyopathy.
Keyphrases
- heart failure
- pulmonary hypertension
- left ventricular
- left ventricular assist device
- pulmonary artery
- intensive care unit
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- emergency department
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- acute myocardial infarction
- atrial fibrillation
- left atrial
- acute heart failure
- aortic stenosis
- mitral valve
- coronary artery
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute coronary syndrome