Successful echocardiography-guided medical management of severe early post-implant right ventricular failure in a patient with left ventricular assist device support: a case report

Table 1 Preoperative examination findings

Findings before LVAD implantation in patients with inotropic and IABP support
Transthoracic cardiography
EF (%)	12
LVDd/LVDs (mm)	72/67
IVSd/LVPWd (mm)	7/6
RVDd (mm)	26
IVC (mm)	15
AR/MR/TR/PR	Mild/trivial/mild/none
Right heart catheterization
PCWP (mmHg)	30
mPAP (mmHg)	36
RAP (mmHg)	15
CI (L/min/m²)	1.59
PVR (WU)	2.51
PAPi	0.87
RAP/PCWP	0.5
RVSWI (mmHgmlm²)	298.13

AR: aortic regurgitation, CI: cardiac index, EF: ejection fraction, IABP: intra-aortic balloon pumping, IVC: inferior vena cava, IVSd: intraventricular septum diameter, LVAD: left ventricular assist device, LVDd: left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, LVDs: left ventricular diameter at end systolic, LVPWd: left ventricular posterior wall thickness, mPAP: mean pulmonary artery pressure, MR: mitral regurgitation, PAPi: pulmonary artery pressure index, PCWP: pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, PR: pulmonary regurgitation, PVR : pulmonary vascular resistance, RAP: right atrium pressure, RVDd: right ventricular end-diastolic diameter, RVSWI: right ventricular stroke work index, TR: tricuspid regurgitation

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