Microbubbles in the Aorta and Left Ventricle of a Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Unique Presentation of Pump Thrombosis Leading to Urgent Surgery

Microbubble formation occurs due to the cavitation phenomenon. We report a rare echocardiographic finding of microbubbles in a patient’s aorta and left ventricle due to pump thrombosis in the left ventricle assist device, requiring pump exchange surgery.

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Autores principales: Kolla, Kantha R, Maltais, Simon, Pereira, Naveen L, Chaliki, Hari P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5997424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29900083
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2463
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spelling pubmed-59974242018-06-13 Microbubbles in the Aorta and Left Ventricle of a Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Unique Presentation of Pump Thrombosis Leading to Urgent Surgery Kolla, Kantha R Maltais, Simon Pereira, Naveen L Chaliki, Hari P Cureus Cardiology Microbubble formation occurs due to the cavitation phenomenon. We report a rare echocardiographic finding of microbubbles in a patient’s aorta and left ventricle due to pump thrombosis in the left ventricle assist device, requiring pump exchange surgery. Cureus 2018-04-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5997424/ /pubmed/29900083 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2463 Text en Copyright © 2018, Kolla et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Cardiology
Kolla, Kantha R
Maltais, Simon
Pereira, Naveen L
Chaliki, Hari P
Microbubbles in the Aorta and Left Ventricle of a Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Unique Presentation of Pump Thrombosis Leading to Urgent Surgery
title Microbubbles in the Aorta and Left Ventricle of a Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Unique Presentation of Pump Thrombosis Leading to Urgent Surgery
title_full Microbubbles in the Aorta and Left Ventricle of a Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Unique Presentation of Pump Thrombosis Leading to Urgent Surgery
title_fullStr Microbubbles in the Aorta and Left Ventricle of a Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Unique Presentation of Pump Thrombosis Leading to Urgent Surgery
title_full_unstemmed Microbubbles in the Aorta and Left Ventricle of a Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Unique Presentation of Pump Thrombosis Leading to Urgent Surgery
title_short Microbubbles in the Aorta and Left Ventricle of a Patient with a Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Unique Presentation of Pump Thrombosis Leading to Urgent Surgery
title_sort microbubbles in the aorta and left ventricle of a patient with a left ventricular assist device: a unique presentation of pump thrombosis leading to urgent surgery
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5997424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29900083
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2463
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