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Pump outflow graft puncture in a patient with a HeartMate II ventricular assist device
Basar Sareyyupoglu1, Patrick Lammert, Enrique Gongora
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas 76508, USA. bsareyyupoglu@swmail.sw.org
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|March 26, 2013
Abstract:
A 73-year-old patient supported by a HeartMate II ventricular assist device (VAD) (Thoratec Corp, Pleasanton, CA) experienced erosion of the outflow graft caused by the disconnection of the bend relief. He underwent successful surgical repair.
