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ArticleJournal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs2016

Mechanical circulatory support for patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy.

Sabrina Lueck, Juergen Sindermann, Sven Martens, Mirela Scherer

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Article in Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Extracorporeal Life Support in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020
    Pooled it
  2. The role of temporary mechanical circulatory support inJournal of intensive medicine · 2023
    Review
  3. Peripartum Cardiogenic Shock and Mechanical Circulatory Support.Interventional cardiology (London, England) · 2023
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  6. 2019 EACTS Expert Consensus on long-term mechanical circulatory support.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sabrina LueckDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149, Muenster, Germany. sabrina.lueck@ukmuenster.de.
Juergen SindermannDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149, Muenster, Germany.
Sven MartensDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149, Muenster, Germany.
Mirela SchererDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149, Muenster, Germany.
University Hospital Münster · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) challenges different disciplines including gynecologists, cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. It is a severe cardiac failure occurring at the end of pregnancy or within the first months after delivery. Urgent intervention is necessary to stabilize hemodynamics with appropriate medication and mechanical assist support. Data of 4 patients with PPCM at a mean age of 28.2 years were analyzed retrospectively. Echocardiography was used to evaluate cardiac function. Despite varying courses of PPCM all women received left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) since their hemodynamics could not be stabilized by medical treatment. Mean gestational week at delivery was 31.5 ± 4.9. Left ventricular ejection fractions of all patients were severely impaired (17.8 ± 3.5 %) before LVAD implantations. After long-term mechanical support (282 and 417 days, respectively) 2 patients were successfully transplanted. Two other females could be weaned from LVAD therapy after 944 and 612 days, respectively. LVAD explanations were performed according to a standardized weaning protocol. Myocardial recovery was confirmed by regular echocardiography, spiroergometry and right heart catheterization. Mechanical assist device support is a surgical strategy either as bridge to transplantation or as bridge to recovery for patients with PPCM.

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Heart-Assist DevicesHeart TransplantationPeripartum PeriodAdultCardiomyopathy, DilatedFemaleHemodynamicsHumansPregnancyRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeCardiomyopathyLeft ventriclePregnancy

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PMID27003430
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