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Cardiol Ther (2015) 4:47–58 DOI 10.1007/s40119-014-0033-8 ORIGINAL RESEARCH Percutaneous Mechanical Ventricular Support in Acute Cardiac Care: A UK Quaternary Centre Experience Using 2.5L, 3.8L and 5.0L Impella Catheters • • • Vinod Venugopal Jon Spiro Alex Zaphiriou • • Sohail Khan Jonathan N. Townend Peter F. Ludman Sagar N. Doshi To view enhanced content go to www.cardiologytherapy-open.com Received: October 19, 2014 / Published online: December 17, 2014 The Author(s) 2014. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com and 3 patients had Impella as a bridge to cardiac ABSTRACT transplantation. The 2.5L and 3.8L devices were Aims: The Impella is a percutaneous used in 36 (75%) and 11 (23%) patients, ventricular assist device. The majority of respectively, while one patient (2%) had the published data describes the 2.5L and 5.0L 5L device. Vascular complications occurred in devices, and little data is available for the only one patient (2%) and stroke and peri- newer 3.8L device. We examined the procedural myocardial infarction occurred in indications and outcomes from our one patient (2%), while in-hospital mortality single-centre ‘‘real-world’’ registry at The was 20% (10/49). Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK, Conclusions: In this large real-world registry, using all three pump sizes.
Cardiology and Therapy – Springer Journals
Published: Dec 17, 2014
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