Rapid Development of Bleeding Esophageal Varices after Placement of Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device

We describe a patient with compensated cirrhosis and portal hypertension who underwent continuous flow LVAD implantation. Shortly after LVAD implantation, the patient developed new onset bleeding esophageal varices and ultimately had a fatal outcome. Our experience suggests that even well-compensate...

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Autores principales: Majmudar, Kaushal, Northcutt, Michael, Gordon, Robert, Fimmel, Claus J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6875215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31781429
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8410420

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