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Vipin Dulam1,2, Suresh Keshavamurthy3, Mohammed Abul Kashem1
1Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Program, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Temple University Hospital, 3401 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140 USA.
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|October 19, 2022
Abstract:
Ventral hernias following left ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement are rare. With the improvement in technology, and miniaturization of devices associated with intrapericardial placement, these complications have largely been abolished. The mere presence of a large ventral hernia should not exclude recipients from being candidates for orthotopic heart transplantation.

