Emergency Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in a Patient with Failing Heart: Axillofemoral Bypass Using a Centrifugal Pump Combined with Levosimendan for Inotropic Support

We describe the case of an 83-year-old patient requiring repair of a large symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The patient was known to have coronary artery disease (CAD) with symptoms and signs of significant myocardial dysfunction, left-heart failure, and severe aortic insufficiency. The...

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Main Authors: Pavel Michalek, Pavel Sebesta, Michael Stern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Vascular Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/497940
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