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Percutaneous Decommissioning of a Left Ventricular Assist Device in a Patient With Myocardial Recovery
Pankaj Jain1, Michael S Kiernan1, Gregory S Couper1
1The CardioVascular Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Abstract:
A 37-year-old man was referred for consideration of percutaneous decommissioning of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). Following careful hemodynamic monitoring during pump turn-down and temporary outflow graft occlusion, the LVAD was permanently decommissioned by using a vascular plug to induce thrombosis of the outflow graft. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).
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