Bridging patients in cardiogenic shock with a paracorporeal pulsatile biventricular assist device to heart transplantation-a single-centre experience

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OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the outcome of patients in cardiogenic shock receiving a paracorporeal pulsatile biventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation.

METHODS: We performed a retrospective single-centre analysis of all patients who received a Berlin Heart Excor® at our institution between 2004 and 2019.

RESULTS: A total of 97 patients (90 adults, 7 paediatric) were analysed. Eighty-four patients were in Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support level 1 (80 adults, 4 paediatric). Diagnoses were dilated cardiomyopathy (n = 41), ischaemic cardiomyopathy (n = 17) or myocardial infarction (n = 4), myocarditis (n = 15), restrictive cardiomyopathy (n = 2), graft failure after heart transplant (n = 7), postcardiotomy heart failure (n = 5), postpartum cardiomyopathy (n = 3), congenital heart disease (n = 1), valvular cardiomyopathy (n = 1) and toxic cardiomyopathy (n = 1). All patients were in biventricular heart failure and had secondary organ dysfunction. The mean duration of support was 63 days (0-487 days). There was a significant decrease in creatinine values after assist device implantation (from 1.83 ± 0.79 to 1.12 ± 0.67 mg/dl, P = 0.001) as well as a decrease in bilirubin values (from 3.94 ± 4.58 to 2.65 ± 3.61 mg/dl, P = 0.084). Cerebral stroke occurred in 16 patients, bleeding in 15 and infection in 13 patients. Forty-eight patients died on support, while 49 patients could be successfully bridged to transplantation. Thirty-day survival and 1-year survival were 70.1% and 41.2%, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: A pulsatile biventricular assist device is a reasonable therapeutic option in cardiogenic shock, when immediate high cardiac output is necessary to rescue the already impaired kidney and liver function of the patient.

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CommentIn: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 Mar 24;61(4):950-951. - PMID 35025985

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

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European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery - 61(2022), 4 vom: 24. März, Seite 942-949

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Michel, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
Buchholz, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Buech, Joscha [VerfasserIn]
Veit, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
Fabry, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Abicht, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Thierfelder, Nikolaus [VerfasserIn]
Mueller, Christoph [VerfasserIn]
Rosenthal, Laura Lily [VerfasserIn]
Pabst von Ohain, Jelena [VerfasserIn]
Haas, Nikolaus [VerfasserIn]
Hörer, Jürgen [VerfasserIn]
Hagl, Christian [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biventricular assist device
Cardiogenic shock
Heart transplant
Journal Article
Pulsatile ventricular assist device

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Date Completed 07.04.2022

Date Revised 07.04.2022

published: Print

CommentIn: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 Mar 24;61(4):950-951. - PMID 35025985

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/ejcts/ezab547

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NLM335558097