Weaning from mechanical support in a patient with acute heart failure and multiple sclerosis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe a 19-year-old woman developing acute left ventricular heart failure during her first exacerbation of multiple sclerosis. Histopathologic examination of myocardial tissue showed extensive myocytolysis. A left ventricular assist device was implanted. Three months later the cardiac function was restored and the left ventricular assist device was explanted. After 1 year the patient still remains well and her cardiac function is normal.
Medical subject headings
- Device Removal
- Heart-Assist Devices
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Shock, Cardiogenic