Early postoperative rupture of Heartware outflow graft: A case report

KEMALOĞLU C., ÖZÇOBANOĞLU S., KÖKSEL U., ERBASAN O., GÖLBAŞI İ., TÜRKAY C., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, cilt.34, sa.8, ss.742-744, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Editöre Mektup
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/jocs.14120
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.742-744
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: left ventricular assist device, outflow graft, rupture
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We know that new generation left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), significantly reduce the mortality of patients in the treatment of advanced heart failure disease, compared to optimal medical therapy. Day by day, we treat more heart failure patients with LVADs. Patients that can be cured are on the rise. But this also causes us to struggle with more complications. In this article, we present a case of cardiac tamponade due to rupture that occurred in the outflow graft of HeartWare left ventricular assist device (HVAD), a complication encountered for the first time as far as we know.