Catheterization of the AbioCor implantable replacement heart: evaluation of the unique physiology created by the device.

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Authors

Reynolds M. Delgado · St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

Mohamad A. Nawar · St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

Cătălin Loghin

Timothy J. Myers · St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

Igor D. Gregorič

Toni Pool · St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

Nancy Scroggins · St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

Branislav Radovančević

Abstract

We performed the 1st catheterization of an AbioCor implantable replacement heart, in a patient who had developed high right-sided pump pressures, to determine whether the high pressures were caused by graft kinking or obstruction.

Topics & Keywords

Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PubMed

Volume 33, Issue 3, pp. 359-60

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