Open AccessConservative approaches for HeartWare ventricular assist device pump thrombosis may improve the outcome compared with immediate surgical approaches
Author(s) -
Diyar Saeed,
Bujar Maxhera,
Alexander Albert,
Ralf Westenfeld,
Till Hoffmann,
Artur Lichtenberg
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1569-9293
pISSN - 1569-9285
DOI - 10.1093/icvts/ivw063
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricular assist device , thrombolysis , surgery , thrombosis , destination therapy , perioperative , cardiology , heart failure , myocardial infarction
Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) pump thrombosis is one of the devastating complications following mechanical circulatory support implantation. Surgical pump exchange is a known high-risk surgery with a high perioperative mortality rate. We aim to summarize our experience with several other alternative approaches in patients with suspected HeartWare HVAD (HeartWare, Framingham, MA, USA) pump thrombosis.
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