Successful use of a left ventricular assist device in cardiogenic shock from massive postoperative myocardial infarction

Left ventricular assist device implantation after acute anterior wall myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock: A two-center study

“…Early reports show modest success with this modality of support, and patients are either weaned from LVADs or effectively bridged to cardiac transplantation. [11][12][13][14][15] With improving clinical outcomes of LVADs, their role as primary therapy for acute MI complicated by CS needs to be evaluated.…”

Clinical outcomes in patients with chronic congestive heart failure who undergo left ventricular assist device implantation

“…postcardiotomy shock, 1,2 acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock, 3,4 acute myocarditis, [5][6][7] and peripartum cardiomyopathy. 8 Because of the acute nature of these illnesses, however, morbidity and mortality within this population remain exceedingly high.…”

Biventricular Bypass: Alternative to Univentricular Bypass and Total Artificial Heart–Bridge

“…The fact that survival time of each kind of experimental animal in the PCAHB mode was definitely longer than in the AC mode is probably associated with the absence under these conditions of certain components stipulated by the work of the natural heart. Although these components have not been identified and described in the literature, they are the main factors responsible for the multimonth survival of animals and people with totally implanted AHs (16,17) and for short-term survival of the organism under conditions of univentricular bypass or BVB (18,19).…”