Naoki Tadokoro, Tetsuya Koyamoto, Kohei Tonai, Yuki Yoshida, Koudai Hirahsima, Satoshi Kainuma, Naonori Kawamoto, Kimito Minami, Hiroshi Nishioka, Tsukamoto Yasumasa, Tomoyuki Fujita, Satsuki Fukushima
There are no criteria for surgical mechanical circulatory system (MCS) selection for acute heart failure. Since 2021, we have utilized cardiopulmonary bypass system to assess patients' heart and lung condition to inform surgical MCS selection. we aimed to retrospectively analyze the outcomes of treatments administered using our protocol. We analyzed the data of 19 patients who underwent surgical MCS implantation. We compared patients' characteristics across the biventricular-assist device (BiVAD), central Y-Y extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), central ECMO, and left VAD (LVAD) systems...
January 8, 2024: Journal of Artificial Organs: the Official Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs