Left ventricular assist device for ventricular recovery of anabolic steroid-induced cardiomyopathy

Herein we report a case of a 26-year-old gentleman with severe cardiomyopathy likely secondary to anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) abuse who received a HeartMate II (Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL) left ventricular assist device (LVAD) for rapidly deteriorating heart failure with hemodynamic...

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Published in:J Surg Case Rep
Main Authors: Luc, Jessica G Y, Buchholz, Holger, Kim, Daniel H, MacArthur, Roderick G G
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2018
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6101629/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30151111
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy221
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