Bridge-to-bridge conversion from Nipro-LVAS to EVAHEART implantable LVAS in a patient with severe acute myocardial infarction

J Artif Organs. 2013 Jun;16(2):263-5. doi: 10.1007/s10047-013-0688-2. Epub 2013 Feb 9.

Authors

Masao Yoshitatsu¹, Takafumi Masai, Junya Yokoyama, Yuriko Matsunaga, Kenji Tanaka, Noriyuki Kashiyama, Koichi Toda, Yoshiki Sawa, Kenji Yamazaki

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. m_yoshitatu@watanabe-hsp.or.jp

PMID: 23397122
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-013-0688-2

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Coronary Angiography
Device Removal
Echocardiography
Heart Transplantation
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction / surgery*