COVID-19 infection in left ventricular assist device patients.

Piperata, Antonio; Bottio, Tomaso; Gerosa, Gino

Piperata, Antonio; Bottio, Tomaso; Gerosa, Gino.

Piperata A; Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular, and Public Health Sciences, University of Padua, Padova, Italy.
Bottio T; Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular, and Public Health Sciences, University of Padua, Padova, Italy.
Gerosa G; Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular, and Public Health Sciences, University of Padua, Padova, Italy.

J Card Surg ; 35(11): 3231-3234, 2020 Nov.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-725332

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

We describe two cases of favorable and unexpected recovery in positive patients with coronavirus disease 2019, suffering from multiorgan comorbidity and already assisted with the left ventricular assist device. We have observed that, although in the presence of more comorbidities, when the maintenance of a valid support of the cardiovascular function is guaranteed, the possibility of successfully overcoming the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection is still alive.

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COVID-19/complications; Heart-Assist Devices; Aged; Cardiotonic Agents/therapeutic use; Dobutamine/therapeutic use; Furosemide/therapeutic use; Heart Failure/therapy; Heart Failure/virology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Simendan/therapeutic use; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right/therapy; Ventricular Dysfunction, Right/virology

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cardiovascular pathology; cardiovascular research

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Heart-Assist Devices / COVID-19 Type of study: Case report Topics: Long Covid Limits: Aged / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: English Journal: J Card Surg Journal subject: Cardiology Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Jocs.14969

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