Percutaneous Decommissioning 11 Years After Initial CF-LVAD Placement

An 80-year-old man with severe nonischemic cardiomyopathy status post left ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement 11 years prior presented for recurrent LVAD alarms from internal driveline fracture. Given his partial myocardial recovery and his preference to avoid surgical procedures, percutaneo...

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Autores principales: Ruge, Max, Marek-Iannucci, Stefanie, Massey, H. Todd, Ruggiero, Nicholas J., Lawrence, John, Mehrotra, Praveen, Rame, J. Eduardo, Alvarez, Rene, Rajapreyar, Indranee, Brailovsky, Yevgeniy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9685357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36438893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.10.014
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Sumario:An 80-year-old man with severe nonischemic cardiomyopathy status post left ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement 11 years prior presented for recurrent LVAD alarms from internal driveline fracture. Given his partial myocardial recovery and his preference to avoid surgical procedures, percutaneous LVAD decommissioning was performed by occlusion of the outflow graft and subsequently driveline removal. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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