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Among the 3143 patients undergoing open heart operations at the Heart Institute of Japan, 34 patients were treated with assisted circulation for longer than 60 min in addition to balloon pumping. A total of 21 patients (62%) were lost due to failure of weaning. Of the 13 patients in whom weaning was possible, three died due to fatal arrhythmias and two died of device-related complications. The remaining eight patients (25%) survived and did well for up to 5 years postoperation. It is concluded that choice of an appropriate ventricular assist mode is of the utmost importance and that four patients in this series might have been potential candidates for bridge bypass to heart transplantation and one for heart-lung transplantation.
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Imamura, E., Eishi, K., Nishida, H., Endo, M., Hashimoto, A., Koyanagi, H. (1988). Potential candidates for bridge bypass. In: Akutsu, T., et al. Artificial Heart 2. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-65964-8_25
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