Mechanical bridge to recovery in fulminant myocarditis.
A patient with acute fulminant lymphocytic myocarditis and cardiogenic shock was successfully treated by mechanical off loading of the left ventricle. A nonpulsatile left-heart bypass was undertaken with an implantable centrifugal blood pump. Careful weaning resulted in device removal on the seventh...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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