{"id":1281,"date":"2020-11-13T17:07:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T01:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:14:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:14:47","slug":"patients-ventricles-removed-as-bridge-to-heart-transplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/2020\/11\/13\/patients-ventricles-removed-as-bridge-to-heart-transplant\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient&#8217;s Ventricles Removed as Bridge to Heart Transplant"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"1281\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>&#8220;Brian Pedigo was originally referred to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, for a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), but the 41-year-old&#8217;s condition deteriorated rapidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was experiencing intractable ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation and going into cardiogenic shock. With both ventricles in bad shape, his team of cardiologists couldn&#8217;t just put in an LVAD. On top of that, Pedigo&#8217;s thin frame and the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to support him in the ICU meant he likely wasn&#8217;t a candidate for an\u00a0FDA-approved total artificial heart.&#8221;<br><br>Read the full article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/surgery\/thoracicsurgery\/89615\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"1281\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading &#8220;Brian Pedigo was originally referred to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, for a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), but the 41-year-old&#8217;s condition deteriorated rapidly. 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