Use of Impella heart pump for management of women with peripartum cardiogenic shock.

Uri ElkayamAndreas SchäferAlaide ChieffoAlexandra LanskyShelley HallZoltan AranyCindy Grines

Published in: Clinical cardiology (2019)

MCS with Impella devices can be successfully used as a bridge to early improvement, heart recovery, or successful implantation of durable LVAD in women with PPCM complicated by severe LV dysfunction.

Keyphrases

left ventricular assist device
heart failure
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
atrial fibrillation
oxidative stress
early onset