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Case Reports
. 1996 May;19(5):307-10.

Primary graft failure after heart transplantation. Successful recovery with pneumatic biventricular assistance

A L Fernández  1 , J M Herreros, R Llorens, A Martinez, A Panizo, N Manito
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  • PMID: 8791152
Case Reports

Primary graft failure after heart transplantation. Successful recovery with pneumatic biventricular assistance

A L Fernández et al. Int J Artif Organs. 1996 May.

Abstract

A 41-year-old male underwent orthotopic heart transplantation complicated by intraoperative acute allograft failure. The patient required immediate placement of a pneumatic biventricular assist device which was kept for 49 days until graft recovery resulted in successful explantation of the device. The patient was discharged from hospital on postoperative day 112. Management of primary cardiac allograft failure with mechanical ventricular assistance is discussed.

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