PMID- 9265268
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19970818
LR  - 20080716
IS  - 0029-2001 (Print)
IS  - 0029-2001 (Linking)
VI  - 117
IP  - 16
DP  - 1997 Jun 20
TI  - [Extracorporeal heart pump--a bridge to heart transplantation. First Norwegian 
      experiences].
PG  - 2295-8
AB  - By February 1997, the number of heart transplantations at the National Hospital 
      had reached 265. In our department, the first bridge to transplantation in using 
      Thoratec artificial heart was performed in 1995. A 44 year-old patient with 
      life-threatening heart failure was placed for one week on cardiopulmonary assist 
      with an intra-aortic balloon pump and a veno-arterial cardiopulmonary bypass. Due 
      to unceasing heart failure a Thoratec left ventricular assist device was 
      implanted as a bridge to transplant. The patient was successfully transplanted 
      two days after implantation of Thoratec. After eight months follow-up he is in 
      New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class I. Another patient, 17 years 
      of age, and with dilated cardiomyopathy, went into cardiogenic shock while 
      awaiting heart transplantation. For three days he had cardiopulmonary assist with 
      intra-aortic balloon pump and venoarterial bypass with an oxygenator. After seven 
      weeks on the left ventricular assist device he was transplanted. Although one 
      episode of severe rejection occurred, be is in NYHA functional class I after four 
      months follow-up. Our early experience is encouraging. Ventricular assist devices 
      should be considered as a life support for patients scheduled for heart 
      transplantation and expected to die within a very short time.
FAU - Fiane, A E
AU  - Fiane AE
AD  - Kirurgisk avdeling A, Rikshospitalet, Oslo.
FAU - Geiran, O R
AU  - Geiran OR
FAU - Lindberg, H L
AU  - Lindberg HL
FAU - Seem, E
AU  - Seem E
FAU - Pedersen, T H
AU  - Pedersen TH
FAU - Svennevig, J L
AU  - Svennevig JL
LA  - nor
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Parakorporal hjertepumpe--bro til hjertetransplantasjon. Forste norske 
      erfaringer.
PL  - Norway
TA  - Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen
JT  - Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny 
      raekke
JID - 0413423
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Heart Failure/diagnosis/physiopathology/*surgery
MH  - *Heart Transplantation
MH  - *Heart, Artificial
MH  - Heart-Lung Machine
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
EDAT- 1997/06/20 00:00
MHDA- 1997/06/20 00:01
CRDT- 1997/06/20 00:00
PHST- 1997/06/20 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1997/06/20 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1997/06/20 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1997 Jun 20;117(16):2295-8.