Reversal of secondary pulmonary hypertension by axial and pulsatile mechanical circulatory support

• Published in: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 195 - 200
• Main Authors: Torre-Amione, Guillermo, Southard, Robert E., Loebe, Matthias M., Youker, Keith A., Bruckner, Brian, Estep, Jerry D., Tierney, Megan, Noon, George P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.2010
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Female; Heart Failure - complications; Heart Failure - mortality; Heart Failure - surgery; Heart-Assist Devices; Hemodynamics; Humans; Hypertension, Pulmonary - complications; Hypertension, Pulmonary - mortality; Hypertension, Pulmonary - surgery; Male; mechanical support; Middle Aged; pulmonary hypertension; Retrospective Studies; reversal; Risk Factors; Surgery; transplant candidacy; Treatment Outcome; transplant candidacy; mechanical support; reversal; pulmonary hypertension; hemodynamics

Pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic congestive heart failure posses a significant risk of morbidity and death after heart transplantation. Isolated observations suggest that chronic ventricular unloading may lead to normalization of pulmonary pressures and thus render a patient likely to...