Critsinelis Andre, Kurihara Chitaru, Kawabori Masashi, Sugiura Tadahisa, Civitello Andrew B, Frazier O H, Morgan Jeffrey A
Division of Cardiothoracic Transplant and Assist Devices, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Department of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and the Center for Cardiac Support, Texas Heart Institute, Cooley 355N, 6770 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
J Artif Organs. 2017 Dec;20(4):350-353. doi: 10.1007/s10047-017-0994-1. Epub 2017 Oct 5.
We previously reported a series of 5 patients with advanced heart failure and aortic insufficiency (AI) who underwent concomitant left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) closure at the time of continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (CF-LVAD) implantation. Although this technique of treating AI has been shown to be effective in the short term, its long-term durability has not been well studied. Here, we report the long-term outcomes of two patients with severe AI who underwent LVOT closure at the time of CF-LVAD implantation. Each of the two patients survived for more than 6 years without any complications related to LVOT closure.
我们之前报道了一系列5例晚期心力衰竭合并主动脉瓣关闭不全(AI)的患者,他们在植入连续流左心室辅助装置(CF-LVAD)时同时进行了左心室流出道(LVOT)闭合术。尽管这种治疗AI的技术已被证明在短期内有效,但其长期耐久性尚未得到充分研究。在此,我们报告了2例严重AI患者在CF-LVAD植入时进行LVOT闭合术的长期结果。这两名患者均存活超过6年,且未出现任何与LVOT闭合相关的并发症。