[Transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of a biventricular assist device]

Piotr Dobrowolski; Piotr Szymański; Grzegorz Religa; Jacek Rózański; Piotr Hoffman

[Transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of a biventricular assist device]

Kardiol Pol. 2009 Jul;67(7):801-3.

[Article in Polish]

Authors

Piotr Dobrowolski¹, Piotr Szymański, Grzegorz Religa, Jacek Rózański, Piotr Hoffman

Affiliation

¹ Klinika Wad Wrodzonych Serca, Instytut Kardiologii, Warszawa. p.dobrowolski@ikard.pl

PMID: 19650006

Abstract

We present the results of standard transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of a biventricular assist device implanted in a patient with progressive heart failure caused by acute giant-cell myocarditis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Echocardiography*
Giant Cells
Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / surgery
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Male
Myocarditis / complications
Myocarditis / diagnostic imaging*
Myocarditis / surgery
Young Adult