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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
Urgent device retrieval using partial left heart bypass
Aneel Zaheer1, Justin Mark West, Mark H D Danton
1Scottish Adult Congenital Cardiac Service, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Agamemnon Street, Glasgow, Scotland G81 4DY, UK.
Abstract:
Percutaneous cardiovascular device implantation plays an important and increasing role in the treatment of congenital heart disease. Device related complications of malposition and embolisation are uncommon and can usually be retrieved by catheter. We present two interesting cases in which migrated devices resulted in thoracic aortic obstruction; both were refractory to percutaneous retrieval. Device retrieval was achieved by thoracotomy and utilising partial left heart bypass because of specific concerns of distal perfusion. Our experience is presented.

