The use of a biventricular assist device for postcardiotomy profound biventricular failure |
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Authors: | Kozo Ishino Taiji Murakami Hironobu Nakayama Takushi Komoto Koichi Kino Yoshimasa Senoo Shigeru Teramoto |
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Affiliation: | (1) The Second Department of Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, 700 Okayama-City, Japan |
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Abstract: | A 58-year-old woman who could not be weaned from cardiopulmonary bypass was treated with a biventricular assist device (BVAD) using a centrifugal pump for the left side and a pneumatic pulsatile pump for the right side. At the initiation of the BVAD support, predominant right ventricular failure was recognized and therefore weaning was begun from the left side. The left ventricular assist device was discontinued after 87 h and the patient was finally weaned from the right ventricular assist device after 205 h. Despite the complete recovery of cardiac function, the patient developed renal failure followed by an intractable infection and died of multiple organ failure on the 59th postoperative day (POD). |
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Keywords: | biventricular assist device right ventricular failure renal failure |
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