The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Table of Contents Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000; 48(6): 380-381DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-8347 Case Report © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York Replacement of the Valves of a Novacor LVAS Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass C. Schmitz1 , W. Roell1 , O. Dewald1 , A. E. Goetz2 , E. Kilger2 , M. Roth3 , H. Reichenspurner1 , B. Reichart1 1Department of Cardiac Surgery 2Institute for Anaesthesiology, Grosshadern Medical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University 3and Stiftsklinik am Augustinum, Munich, Germany Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article All articles of this category We report the case of a 54-year old man with end-stage heart disease in whom the malfunctioning valves of a Novacor LVAS needed to be replaced after 490 days of circulatory support. This procedure could be performed without cardiopulmonary bypass. Key words: Mechanical circulatory assist - Infection - Valve Full Text References References 1 Argenziano M, Catanese K A, Moazami N. et al . The influence of infection on survival and successful transplantation in patients with left ventricular assist devices. J Heart Lung Transplant. 1997; 16 822-831 2 Herrmann M, Weyand M, Greshake B. et al . Left ventricular assist device infection is associated with increased mortality but is not a contraindication to transplantation. Circulation. 1997; 95 814-817 3 Kilger E, Strom C, Frey L. et al . Intermittent atrial level right-to-left shunt with temporary hypoxemia in a patient during support with a left ventricvlar assist device. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2000; 49 125-127 4 Parameshwar J, Wallwork J. Left Ventricular assist devices: current status and future applications. Int J Cardiol. 1997; 62 ( (Suppl 1)) 523-527 5 Laks H, Scholl F G, Drinkwater D C. et al . The alternate recipient list for heart transplantation: does it work?. J Heart Lung Transplant. 1997; 16 735-742 6 Jarvik R, Westaby S, Katsumata T, Pigott D, Evans R D. LVAD power delivery: a percutaneous approach to avoid infection. Ann Thorac Surg. 1998; 65 470-473 Received for Publication: March 9, 2000 Christoph Schmitz,MD Department of Cardiac Surgery University of Bonn Sigmund-Freud-Straße 15 53105 Bonn Germany Phone: +49 (228) 287-4193 Fax: +49 (228) 287-4195 Email: Christoph.Schmitz@meb.uni-bonn.de
