Subclavian Impella 5.5 implant for perioperative left ventricular dysfunction

Barbara Karner; Melanie Arnreiter; Birgit Zirngast; Miriam Pavlikova; Dietmar Renz; Ameli Yates; Daniel Zimpfer

doi:10.1510/mmcts.2023.048

Subclavian Impella 5.5 implant for perioperative left ventricular dysfunction

Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Nov 28:2023. doi: 10.1510/mmcts.2023.048.

Authors

Barbara Karner¹, Melanie Arnreiter¹, Birgit Zirngast¹, Miriam Pavlikova², Dietmar Renz³, Ameli Yates³, Daniel Zimpfer⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 5/5, A-8036 Graz, Austria.
² Division of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine 2, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
⁴ Department of Cardiac Surgery Medical University of Vienna Spitalgasse 23, A1090 Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 38014822
DOI: 10.1510/mmcts.2023.048

Abstract

We present the implant method and the postoperative management for an Impella 5.5 device via the right subclavian artery in a 72-year-old patient with severe left ventricular dysfunction upon weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass during a cardiac surgery procedure.

Keywords: Heart-assist device; Left ventricular dysfunction; Mechanical circulatory support; Subclavian artery.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Subclavian Artery
Treatment Outcome
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left* / surgery