Cardiac Tamponade With a Transaortic Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Device: When Alarms Caused No Alarm

A 57-year-old man with end-stage heart failure presented with incessant ventricular tachycardia in the setting of cardiogenic shock, requiring support with a percutaneous left ventricular assist device. He underwent ablation of the ventricular tachycardia. Hours later the console alarm was evident,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sande Mathias, Isadora, Burkhoff, Daniel, Bhimaraj, Arvind
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10429294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37593597
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101936
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Sumario:A 57-year-old man with end-stage heart failure presented with incessant ventricular tachycardia in the setting of cardiogenic shock, requiring support with a percutaneous left ventricular assist device. He underwent ablation of the ventricular tachycardia. Hours later the console alarm was evident, and the patient experienced worsening shock and elevated central venous pressure, leading to a diagnosis of cardiac tamponade. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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