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Volume 133, Issue 1 , Pages 2-6 , January 2007

Endocrine function is not impaired in patients with a continuous MicroMed–DeBakey axial flow pump

Georg M. Wieselthaler, MD
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiosurgical Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Michaela Riedl, MD
- Department of Medicine III, Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Heinrich Schima, PhD
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiosurgical Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Oswald Wagner, MD
- Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Werner Waldhäusl, MD
- Department of Medicine III, Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Ernst Wolner, MD
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiosurgical Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Anton Luger, MD
- Department of Medicine III, Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Martin Clodi, MD
- Department of Medicine III, Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Address for reprints: Martin Clodi, MD, Department of Medicine III, Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.

Received 12 July 2002 ,Revised 13 January 2003 ,Accepted 13 March 2003.

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH; in picograms per milliliter) and cortisol (in micrograms per deciliter) responses after 100 μg corticotropin-releasing hormone are shown. Thyroid-stimulating hormone

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH; in picograms per milliliter) and cortisol (in micrograms per deciliter) responses after 100 μg corticotropin-releasing hormone are shown. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH; in milliunits per liter [TSH = μU/mL]) and prolactin responses to 200 μg of thyreotropin-releasing hormone are shown. Growth hormone (GH; in nanograms per milliliter) response to 100 μg of growth hormone–releasing hormone and luteinizing hormone (LH; in units per liter) response to 100 μg of luteinizing hormone–releasing hormone are shown. Patients receiving a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) are indicated by shaded gray bars, and control subjects are indicated by filled bars. 1, Zero minutes; 2, 15 minutes; 3, 30 minutes; 4, 60 minutes; 5, 90 minutes; and 6, 120 minutes.
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