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Edisson Nemer1, Rami Rassam2, Ann Hallberg Kristensen3
1From the Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Hemodynamic unloading by left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) in patients with advanced heart failure can result in reverse remodeling and cardiac recovery allowing pump removal. Ventriculoplasty during explantation may cause fibrosis and ventricular scars which can provide a substrate for reentry, a common cause of ventricular arrythmias. In this case report, we describe the clinical course of a patient who suffered a cardiac arrest in the following few months after undergoing LVAD explantation because of cardiac recovery. This case highlights a potential risk related to complete LVAD explantation with ventriculoplasty and patch repair of the apex.
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