Despite optimal medical management, some patients with severe right ventricular failure fail to respond and may benefit from additional support with the implantation of a RV assist device. Experience to date with Impella RP is limited. We report a case of percutaneous Impella RP implantation, using a parallel stiff wire to reduce anatomical tortuosity by acting as a buddy-wire to facilitate device implantation and reduce the risk of tricuspid ring damage in a patient recently treated with tricuspid ring annuloplasty.
Use of a parallel stiff wire to facilitate percutaneous Impella RP ventricular assist device positioning / Giannini, Francesco; Montorfano, Matteo; Jabbour, Richard J; Latib, Azeem; Ruparelia, Neil; Azzalini, Lorenzo; Magni, Valeria; Romano, Vittorio; DE BONIS, Michele; Pappalardo, Federico; Colombo, Antonio. - In: CARDIOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION MEDICINE. - ISSN 1553-8389. - 18:6S1(2017), p. 54-55. [10.1016/j.carrev.2017.03.012]
Use of a parallel stiff wire to facilitate percutaneous Impella RP ventricular assist device positioning
Montorfano, Matteo;DE BONIS, MICHELE;PAPPALARDO, FEDERICOPenultimo
;COLOMBO, ANTONIOUltimo
2017-01-01
Abstract
Despite optimal medical management, some patients with severe right ventricular failure fail to respond and may benefit from additional support with the implantation of a RV assist device. Experience to date with Impella RP is limited. We report a case of percutaneous Impella RP implantation, using a parallel stiff wire to reduce anatomical tortuosity by acting as a buddy-wire to facilitate device implantation and reduce the risk of tricuspid ring damage in a patient recently treated with tricuspid ring annuloplasty.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
