PMID- 16102463
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20051208
LR  - 20071115
IS  - 1053-2498 (Print)
IS  - 1053-2498 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 8
DP  - 2005 Aug
TI  - First clinical implant of the VentrAssist left ventricular assist system as 
      destination therapy for end-stage heart failure.
PG  - 1150-4
AB  - The VentrAssist device left ventricular assist system, designed for permanent 
      implantation, is a novel centrifugal pump with a hydrodynamically suspended 
      rotor. The first human implant was into a 72-year-old man with New York Heart 
      Association (NYHA) class IV heart failure due to idiopathic dilated 
      cardiomyopathy. The implant and recovery were uneventful, and the patient 
      survives at 17 months, is NYHA class II, and lives at home. This device shows 
      promise in end-stage heart failure for permanent implantation and bridge to 
      transplantation.
FAU - Esmore, Donald S
AU  - Esmore DS
AD  - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, 
      Australia.
FAU - Kaye, David
AU  - Kaye D
FAU - Salamonsen, Robert
AU  - Salamonsen R
FAU - Buckland, Mark
AU  - Buckland M
FAU - Rowland, Michael
AU  - Rowland M
FAU - Negri, Justin
AU  - Negri J
FAU - Rowley, Yvonne
AU  - Rowley Y
FAU - Woodard, John
AU  - Woodard J
FAU - Begg, John R
AU  - Begg JR
FAU - Ayre, Peter
AU  - Ayre P
FAU - Rosenfeldt, Franklin L
AU  - Rosenfeldt FL
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Heart Lung Transplant
JT  - The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the 
      International Society for Heart Transplantation
JID - 9102703
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/diagnosis/*surgery
MH  - Equipment Design
MH  - Equipment Safety
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Heart Failure/diagnosis/*surgery
MH  - Heart Ventricles/pathology/surgery
MH  - *Heart-Assist Devices
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
MH  - Treatment Outcome
MH  - Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/diagnosis/*surgery
EDAT- 2005/08/17 09:00
MHDA- 2005/12/13 09:00
CRDT- 2005/08/17 09:00
PHST- 2004/05/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2004/12/09 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2005/01/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2005/08/17 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/12/13 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/08/17 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S1053-2498(05)00073-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.healun.2005.01.014 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005 Aug;24(8):1150-4. doi: 
      10.1016/j.healun.2005.01.014.