International Heart Journal
Online ISSN : 1349-3299
Print ISSN : 1349-2365
ISSN-L : 1349-2365
Case Reports
The Impact of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in an End-Stage Heart Failure Patient With a Left Ventricular Assist Device as a Bridge to Recovery
A Case Report
Jun Muratsu, Masahiko Hara, Isamu Mizote, Yoshihiro Asano, Yasushi Sakata, Shunsuke Saito, Goro Matsumiya, Yoshiki Sawa, Issei Komuro
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Keywords: Bridge to recovery, Cardiac resynchronization therapy, Left ventricular assist device
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2011 Volume 52 Issue 4 Pages 246-247

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Abstract

A 15-year-old male with acute decompensated heart failure was referred to our hospital for left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation as a bridge to recovery. Despite optimal medication, repetitive LVAD off-pump test findings suggested that his cardiac function had not improved enough to perform LVAD removal. However, his cardiac function significantly improved with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). He underwent LVAD explantation and was successfully discharged from the hospital. We describe the case of an end-stage heart failure patient who underwent successful LVAD removal with CRT. The effect of CRT was definitively evaluated with right heart catheterization during LVAD off-pump test.

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