Abstract
A patient with acute bacterial endocarditis in whom ischæmic contracture of the left ventricle (stone-heart syndrome) developed during aortic and mitral valve replacement had an emergency implantation of an intracorporeal partial artificial heart (an abdominal left-ventricular assist device or ALVAD). This device functioned as a total artificial heart for nearly 6 days, while a donor heart for transplantation was sought. The ALVAD was then removed, and the patient received allografts of a heart and a kidney. The transplanted heart functioned well, but the patient died 15 days later from gram-negative sepsis. There was no evidence of cardiac or renal allograft rejection.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1125-1127 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | The Lancet |
Volume | 311 |
Issue number | 8074 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 27 1978 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine