Author/Authors :
Michele Musci، نويسنده , , Michael J. Jurmann، نويسنده , , Thorsten Drews، نويسنده , , Charles Yankah، نويسنده , , Hermann Kuppe، نويسنده , , Yuguo Weng، نويسنده , , Roland Hetzer، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
A 42-year-old man with situs inversus was referred to our institution because of end-stage ischemic cardiomyopathy. Cardiac arrest occurred after admission, and the patient underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation. An extracorporeal left ventricular assist device (Berlin Heart) was implanted as a bridge to transplantation. This is one of the first reports of left ventricular assist device implantation in a patient with situs inversus and ischemic cardiomyopathy.
