Early thrombus formation in patient with HeartWare left ventricular assist device presenting with acute heart failure

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• 作者：Mustafa Ucar^a ; Mustafa Serkan Karakas^a ; ^{mserkan19@hotmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Murat Bayrak^a ; Refik Emre Altekin^a ; Umut Koksel^b ; Omer Bayezid^b
• 关键词：Heart failure ; Left ventricular assist device ; Surgical treatment ; Thrombus
• 刊名：Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：28
• 期：1
• 页码：49-51
• 全文大小：536 K

文摘

Heart failure is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in the world. Heart transplantation is still the gold standard therapy despite emerging treatment options. Due to the limited number of available donors, the use of ventricular assist devices has increased. However, increasing incidences of complications are observed with using these devices. In this article, surgical treatment of a huge mobile thrombus formation in an inflow cannula due to ineffective anticoagulation in a 59 year-old man who received a HeartWare ventricular assist device because of ischemic cardiomyopathy is presented.