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ArticleCureus2025

Percutaneous Right Ventricular Assist Device for Managing Decompensated Right Heart Failure in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

Devon Kelley, Ahmed Abdelmonem, Ishan Abdullah, Watipa Makhumalo, Jalil E Ahari

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Devon KelleyInternal Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC, USA.
Ahmed AbdelmonemResearch, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, USA.
Ishan AbdullahInternal Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC, USA.
Watipa MakhumaloPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC, USA.
Jalil E AhariPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with concomitant decompensated right-sided heart failure refractory to conventional pharmacotherapy presents a significant and multifaceted medical challenge. Although extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has been proven as an effective emergency intervention for unresponsive cardiopulmonary failure, the alternative use of a right ventricular assist device (RVAD) holds promise in the appropriate setting. We present a case of RVAD use in a patient with life-threatening acute PAH who was successfully bridged through critical decompensation to discharge without the need for more invasive procedures.

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extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)heart failurepulmonary artery catheterpulmonary hypertensionright ventricular assist device (rvad)

Identifiers

PMID40018459
PMCPMC11865928

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