Myocardial recovery in peri-partum cardiomyopathy after continuous flow left ventricular assist device

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) offer effective therapy for severe heart failure (HF) as bridge to transplantation or destination therapy. Rarely, the sustained unloading provided by the LVAD has led to cardiac reverse remodelling and recovery, permitting explantation of the device. We descr...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lund, Lars H, Grinnemo, Karl-Henrik, Svenarud, Peter, van der Linden, Jan, Eriksson, Maria J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3256109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22082339
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-150

Ejemplares similares

Ejemplares similares