Ramin E. Beygui, M.D.

Publication Details

• Successful use of a pneumatic biventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation in cardiogenic shock.

  Moriguchi J, Davis S, Jocson R, Esmailian F, Ardehali A, Laks H, Kwon M, Kittleson M, Kobashigawa J, Patel J, Marelli D, Plunkett M, Beygui R, Shemin R. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011; 30 (10): 1143-7

  Mechanical circulatory support is a highly effective technology to maintain organ perfusion in patients with cardiogenic shock as a bridge to transplantation. Although implantation of a left ventricular assist device alone is often the preferred configuration, patients with biventricular failure and significant end-organ dysfunction often require biventricular assistance.

  PubMedID: 21640618