• Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Nov 2009

    Case Reports

    Heartmate XVE destination therapy for end-stage heart failure in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus.

    • Syed Mehmood, Danielle Blais, Stanley Martin, and Chittoor Sai-Sudhakar.
    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
    • Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2009 Nov 1;9(5):909-10.

    AbstractCardiac dysfunction is a known predictor of survival in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. In this report, we describe a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patient with worsening heart failure who was managed successfully for 16 months with placement of a left ventricular assist device.

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