Chronic Mechanical Circulatory Support using Novacor Artificial Heart

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Novacor left ventricular assist device has been used as a bridge to heart transplant world wide. Despite the obstacles using this device for chronic use, we nevertheless implanted Novacor LVAD (wearable type) in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy. The patient is 29-year-old man and his physical status was significantly improved to NYHA 1. He was discharged to the home 5months after the implantation. During the 7-month of circulatory assist, no serious complications such as a thromboembolism and infection have occurred. Thereafter, the patient received heart transplantation at UCLA, 7 months latex The histology of showed very little changes between pre and post assist circulation. No thrombosis was seen including valve units. Therefore, we concluded that the wider application of Novacor implantation is useful as a bridge to transplant.
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