Bahadır GÜLTEKİN, Birgül VARAN, Özgür ERSOY, Atila SEZGİN, Murat ÖZKAN

Removal of left ventricular assist device: first case from Turkey

Son yıllarda bütün dünyada olduğu gibi, Türkiye'de de kalp nakli için donör azlığı nedeniyle, sol ventrikül destek cihazlarının kullanımı artmaktadır. Bu yazıda, Türkiye'den ilk olgu olarak monomorfik atriyal taşikardinin ardından gelişen kardiyomiyopati nedeniyle sol ventrikül destek cihazı takılan ve 109 günlük takipten sonra çıkarılan 12 yaşında bir erkek olgu sunuldu.

Sol ventrikül destek cihazının çıkarılması: Türkiye'den ilk olgu

In recent years, due to the donor shortage for heart transplantation, the utilization of the left ventricular assist devices has been increasing in Turkey, as well as the worldwide. Herein, we report the first case from Turkey, a 12-year-old male case of left ventricular assist devices due to cardiomyopathy developing after monomorphic atrial tachycardia which was explanted after 109 days follow-up.

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