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A case of late-onset right ventricular failure after implantation of a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device

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Postoperative right ventricular failure is usually apparent perioperatively or soon after left ventricular assist device insertion. Here, we report a case complicated by right ventricular failure that manifested 3 weeks after HeartMate II implantation. This case is also unique because the postoperative right ventricular failure was progressive over the years. We discuss how the smaller size of the left ventricle and untreated tricuspid regurgitation contributed to the development of right ventricular failure in this case.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan

    Teruhiko Imamura, Koichiro Kinugawa, Taro Shiga, Toshiro Inaba, Hisataka Maki, Masaru Hatano, Atsushi Yao, Yasunobu Hirata & Ryozo Nagai

  2. Department of Organ Transplantation, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Miyoko Endo

  3. Department of Therapeutic Strategy for Heart Failure, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Takashi Nishimura & Shunei Kyo

  4. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Minoru Ono

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Imamura, T., Kinugawa, K., Shiga, T. et al. A case of late-onset right ventricular failure after implantation of a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. J Artif Organs 15, 200–203 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10047-011-0627-z

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