Author/Authors :
Patrick M. McCarthy، نويسنده , , James B. Young، نويسنده , , Nicholas G. Smedira، نويسنده , , Robert E. Hobbs، نويسنده , , Rita L. Vargo، نويسنده , , Randall C. Starling، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
A 67-year-old man had end-stage ischemic cardiomyopathy. He had had two previous coronary bypass operations and a previous left ventricular aneurysmectomy. In December 1995 he underwent vented-electric HeartMate LVAD insertion as an alternative to transplantation. He was discharged from the hospital 13 days after the operation, and 5 months postoperatively he had returned to New York Heart Association functional class II.
