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15737766

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
Postpartum cardiomyopathy is rare form of cardiac failure, with the potential for cardiac function to recover to normal. When medical therapy fails to control symptoms or haemodynamic stability, circulatory support with a ventricular assist device may be considered as a bridge to cardiac transplantation. We describe 2 patients with severe postpartum cardiomyopathy, in whom cardiac function recovered sufficiently during mechanical circulatory assistance to enable device explantation. Bacteremia during device support was treated with chronic suppressive antibiotics, yet after cannula explantation and ventricular repair, residual infection led to destruction of the primary repair, with formation of a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm. This is a complication of device support not previously reported. Surgery was necessary to repair the infected ventricular cannula site. Both patients recovered; however one patient developed recurrent cardiomyopathy 4 months later.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1053-2498
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
350-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Left ventricular apical infection and rupture complicating left ventricular assist device explantation in 2 women with postpartum cardiomyopathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Cardiovascular Department, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, Canada. ekotschet@yahoo.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports