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Vishal N Rao1, Marat Fudim1, Andrew Griffin2
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
JACC. Case Reports
|July 28, 2021
Abstract:
A 77-year-old man with history of ischemic cardiomyopathy and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) presented with abdominal pain after a lawn mower accident. Examination and imaging revealed a displaced LVAD driveline and a pericardial hematoma secondary to traumatic coronary artery injury. The patient was treated with coronary artery coil embolization. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).
Keywords:
CT, computed tomographyICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillatorLAD, left anterior descending arteryLVAD, left ventricular assist deviceRCA, right coronary arterycardiac assist devicescardiomyopathycomputed tomographycoronary vessel anomalyleft ventricular assist devicepercutaneous coronary intervention
