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Use of a Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device/Left Atrium to Femoral Artery Bypass System for Cardiogenic Shock
Published on: August 16, 2021
Atypical tamponade hemodynamic in a patient with temporary left ventricular assist device
Yan Topilsky1, Theolyn N Price, Fawn W Atchison
1Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55901, USA.
Abstract:
Postoperative bleeding and tamponade are considered major complications after implantation of left ventricular assist devices. Firstly, 40% of patients supported by ventricular assist devices experience early postoperative bleeding, and 20% developed tamponade requiring re-exploration. Secondly, we present a case of a patient with tamponade, on temporary left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support with atypical hemodynamic and echocardiographic manifestations demonstrated with computed tomography (CT)-M mode, conventional Doppler, color Doppler and echo imaging.
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