Postoperative coronary revascularization on LVAD support for surgically inaccessible myocardial ischemia

The authors have used the concept of hybrid revascularization to salvage a patient in persistent cardiogenic shock after incomplete emergent surgical revascularization. While the patient was on left ventricular assist device support, a complex angioplasty was done on a surgically inaccessible right coronary artery, with subsequent cardiac recovery. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2002;55:381–384. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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