Temporary left ventricular assist device for complete recovery from reversible acute heart failure due to tumor necrosis factor-&#945; inhibitor

Soucy-Giguere, Marie-Camille; Charbonneau, Éric; Cinq Mars, Alexandre; Dubois, Michelle; Sénéchal, Mario

doi:10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2019.67124

Case Report

Temporary left ventricular assist device for complete recovery from reversible acute heart failure due to tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor

Marie-Camille Soucy-Giguere ¹

, Éric Charbonneau ²

, Alexandre Cinq Mars ¹

, Michelle Dubois ³

, Mario Sénéchal ¹

¹Department of Cardiology, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University; Quebec-Canada
²Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University; Quebec-Canada
³Research Center, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Laval University; Quebec-Canada

Anatol J Cardiol 2019; 22(1): 46-48 PubMed ID: 31264660 DOI: 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2019.67124

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Keywords: Heart failure, TNF-alpha inhibitors, toxicity, LVAD