McCarthy P M, Young J B, Smedira N G, Hobbs R E, Vargo R L, Starling R C
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
Ann Thorac Surg. 1997 May;63(5):1458-61. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(97)00110-0.
A 67-year-old man had end-stage ischemic cardiomyopathy. He had had two previous coronary bypass operations and a previous left ventricular aneurysmectomy. In December 1995 he underwent vented-electric HeartMate LVAD insertion as an alternative to transplantation. He was discharged from the hospital 13 days after the operation, and 5 months postoperatively he had returned to New York Heart Association functional class II.
