Abstract
A 50-year-old man with an end-stage cardiac failure was referred to our institution for pre-transplantation assessment. An infrarenal aortic aneurysm (diameter 45 mm) was discovered and progressed (up to 59 mm) over a two-month period. Decision to perform aneurysmectomy with the support of an Impella Recover LP50 microaxial blood pump was decided regarding the rapid evolution of the disease. The patient had uneventful cardiac-wise during surgery and postoperative period.
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