Minimally invasive biventricular mechanical circulatory support with Impella pumps as a bridge to heart transplantation: a first ‐in‐the‐world case report

We report a patient with biventricular failure secondary to rapidly progressive cardiac sarcoidosis refractory to medical management who was bridged to OHT with Impell a 5.0 and Impella RP—temporary left and right ventricular assist devices, respectively. This is the first successful bridge to transplantation using these devices in biventricular heart failure and cardiogenic shock. We discuss considerations for using this strategy over veno‐arterial extracorpo real membrane oxygenation or surgically implanted assist devices in patients with cardiogenic shock and biventricular failure as a bridge to OHT.

Source: ESC Heart Failure - April 8, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kenneth Varian, Weining David Xu, Weiqin Lin, Shinya Unai, Michael Z. Tong, Edward Soltesz, Amar Krishnaswamy, Samir Kapadia, Scott Feitell, Mazen Hanna, Emer Joyce, Paul Schoenhagen, Randall C. Starling, David O. Taylor, Antonio L. Perez Tags: Case Report Source Type: research