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. 2017 May 22;12(1):38.
doi: 10.1186/s13019-017-0594-4.

Combined pulmonary and left ventricular support with veno-pulmonary ECMO and impella 5.0 for cardiogenic shock after coronary surgery

Sameh Sayed  1   2 , Christoph Schimmer  3 , Ina Shade  3 , Rainer Leyh  3 , Ivan Aleksic  3
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Combined pulmonary and left ventricular support with veno-pulmonary ECMO and impella 5.0 for cardiogenic shock after coronary surgery

Sameh Sayed et al. J Cardiothorac Surg. .

Abstract

Background: Mechanical circulatory support is a common practice nowadays in the management of patients after cardiogenic shock due to myocardial infarction. The single or combined use of one or more devices for mechanical support depends not only on the advantage or disadvantage of these devices but also on the timing of use of these devices before the development of multi organ failure. In our case we used more than one tool for mechanical circulatory support during the prolonged and complicated course of our patient with postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Case presentation: We describe the combined use of Impella 5.0 and veno- pulmonary extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (VP-ECMO) for biventricular failure in a 52 years-old man. He presented with cardiogenic shock after inferior wall ST-elevation myocardial infarction. After emergency coronary artery bypass surgery and failure to wean from extracorporeal circulation we employed V-P ECMO and consecutively Impella 5.0 to manage the primarily failing right and secondarily failing left ventricles. He remained hemodynamically stable on both Impella 5.0 and VP-ECMO until Heart Mate II left ventricular assist device implantation on the 14th postoperative day. Right sided support was weaned on 66th postoperative day. The patient remained in the intensive care unit for 77 days. During his prolonged stay, he underwent renal replacement therapy and tracheostomy with complete recovery. Six months later, he was successfully heart transplanted and has completed three and half years of unremarkable follow up.

Conclusions: The combined use of VP ECMO and Impella 5.0 is effective in the management of postcardiotomy biventricular failure as a bridge for further mechanical support or heart transplantation.

Keywords: Cardiogenic shock; Extra corporeal membrane oxygenator; Impella 5.0.

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Transesophageal echocardiography in the 3rd post-operative day, showing unloaded Left ventricle after Impella 5.0 repositioning and unloaded right ventricle by VP-ECMO
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Chest x- ray post-operative day 5, showing biventricular support with V-P ECMO and Impella 5.0
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Chest x- ray post-operative day 14 after implantation of Heart Mate implantation with V-P ECMO
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