Report of the first U.S. patient successfully supported long term with the LionHeart completely implantable left ventricular assist device system

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Mehta, Sanjay M ^a   Silber, David ^a   Boehmer, John P ^a   Christensen, Dawn ^a   Pae Jr , Walter E ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMPLANTED SYSTEMS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE SYSTEMS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RELIABILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751255670     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mat.0000249019.38139.4b     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Mehta SM, Pae WE Jr, Rosenberg G, et al: The LionHeart LVD-2000: A completely implanted left ventricular assist device for chronic circulatory support. Ann Thorac Surg 71: S156-S161, 2001.
2. El-Banayosy A, Arusoglu L, Kizner L, et al: Preliminary experience with the LionHeart left ventricular assist device in patients with end-stage heart failure. Ann Thorac Surg 75: 1469-1475, 2003.