Early postoperative rupture of Heartware outflow graft: A case report

We know that new generation left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), significantly reduce the mortality of patients in the treatment of advanced heart failure disease, compared to optimal medical therapy. Day by day, we treat more heart failure patients with LVADs. Patients that can be cured are on t...

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Published in:	Journal of cardiac surgery Vol. 34; no. 8; pp. 742 - 744
Main Authors:	Kemaloğlu, Cemal, Özçobanoğlu, Salih, Köksel, Umut, Erbasan, Ozan, Gölbaşı, İlhan, Türkay, Cengiz, Bayezid, Ömer
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-08-2019
Subjects:	Cardiac Tamponade - etiology Heart Failure - surgery Heart Ventricles Heart-Assist Devices - adverse effects Humans left ventricular assist device Male Middle Aged outflow graft rupture Rupture, Spontaneous Time Factors outflow graft left ventricular assist device rupture
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Summary:	We know that new generation left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), significantly reduce the mortality of patients in the treatment of advanced heart failure disease, compared to optimal medical therapy. Day by day, we treat more heart failure patients with LVADs. Patients that can be cured are on the rise. But this also causes us to struggle with more complications. In this article, we present a case of cardiac tamponade due to rupture that occurred in the outflow graft of HeartWare left ventricular assist device (HVAD), a complication encountered for the first time as far as we know.
ISSN:	0886-0440 1540-8191
DOI:	10.1111/jocs.14120