Open AccessLeft ventricular assist device exchange for the treatment of HeartMate II pump thrombosis
Author(s) -
Jasmin S. Hanke,
Güneş Doğan,
Leonhard Wert,
Marcel Ricklefs,
J. Heimeshoff,
Arijit Chatterjee,
C. Feldmann,
Axel Haverich,
Jan D. Schmitto
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.01.115
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombosis , ventricular assist device , cardiology , surgery , heart failure
Pump thrombosis is the most severe and acute complication of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy and treatment remains challenging. Whilst lysis therapy is often not successful, the exchange of the occluded LVAD is currently the most applied therapeutic treatment for this event. With this study we examine the effects of minimal-invasive LVAD exchange on the rate re-thrombosis and outcomes as well as adverse events in the study group.