Crossing the Bridge to Heart Transplantation

Joban Vaishnav, MD; Steven Hsu, MD; Kavita Sharma, MD; Roberta Florido, MD, MPH; Sabra Lewsey, MD, MPH; Steven P. Schulman, MD; Matthews Chacko, MD; Ahmet Kilic, MD; Chun-woo Choi, MD; Nisha A. Gilotra, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2020)

Crossing the Bridge to Heart Transplantation

Joban Vaishnav, MD,
Steven Hsu, MD,
Kavita Sharma, MD,
Roberta Florido, MD, MPH,
Sabra Lewsey, MD, MPH,
Steven P. Schulman, MD,
Matthews Chacko, MD,
Ahmet Kilic, MD,
Chun-woo Choi, MD,
Nisha A. Gilotra, MD

Affiliations

Joban Vaishnav, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Steven Hsu, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Kavita Sharma, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Roberta Florido, MD, MPH: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Sabra Lewsey, MD, MPH: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Steven P. Schulman, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Matthews Chacko, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Ahmet Kilic, MD: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Chun-woo Choi, MD: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Nisha A. Gilotra, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland; Address for correspondence: Dr. Nisha Aggarwal Gilotra, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Carnegie Building, Suite 568, Baltimore, Maryland 21287.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 173 – 177

Abstract

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We report the first case of a patient with a durable left ventricular assist device admitted with cardiogenic shock and managed with biventricular Impella support as a successful bridge to heart transplantation. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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