Diagnostic Evaluation and Cervical Spine Surgery in the Setting of a Cardiac Left Ventricular Assist Device: Challenges and a Case Illustration

Due to incompatibility with magnetic resonance imaging, patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) presenting with pathologies of the spinal soft tissues or neural elements represent diagnostically complex cases. We present a case of a patient undergoing a CT (computed tomography) myelogr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Carroll, Austin H, Dowlati, Ehsan, Miller, Charles, Felbaum, Daniel R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8671078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34926043
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19571

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8671078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34926043
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19571

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