Microaxial Support After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

Authors

Christopher D. Pritting, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Danial Ahmad, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Takuma Miyamoto, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Taufiek Konrad Rajab, Medical University of South Carolina
Indranee Rajapreyar, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Howard Massey, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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Introduction and Objective

• Impella is a temporary ventricular support device intended for short term use (CP, and ≤ 6 days for Impella 5.0 and LD).
• There has yet to be a study investigating the outcomes of microaxial support for patients who previously underwent heart transplantation.
• We aimed to assess utilization patterns of microaxial mechanical circulatory support after heart transplantation in adults and adolescents.

Publication Date

9-19-2022

Keywords

impella, heart transplant, microaxial

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Surgery

Comments

Presented at the 67^th American Society for Artificial Internal Organs in Chicago, IL.

Recommended Citation

Pritting, Christopher D.; Ahmad, Danial; Miyamoto, Takuma; Rajab, Taufiek Konrad; Rajapreyar, Indranee; Massey, Howard; and Tchantchaleishvili, Vakhtang, "Microaxial Support After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation" (2022). Department of Surgery Posters. 12.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/surgeryposters/12