Ventricular Assist Device-Related Haemolysis Presenting with Acute Pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis is one of the rare complications in patients fitted with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). We herein report a case of acute pancreatitis in a patient with LVAD triggered by intravascular haemolysis. A 44-year-old man with non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) after VAD implan...
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| description | Acute pancreatitis is one of the rare complications in patients fitted with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). We herein report a case of acute pancreatitis in a patient with LVAD triggered by intravascular haemolysis. A 44-year-old man with non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) after VAD implantation presented with epigastric pain. Laboratory work-up showed acute pancreatitis and haemolysis. As there was concern that device thrombosis was causing haemolysis, the patient was started on unfractionated heparin infusion. The patient was discharged when haemolysis and pancreatitis had resolved. To our knowledge, VAD-associated haemolysis presenting with acute pancreatitis is infrequently described in the literature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c0da384ea3d341379fa2892273699ba32022-12-22T01:21:56ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942017-05-014410.12890/2017_000557205Ventricular Assist Device-Related Haemolysis Presenting with Acute PancreatitisSanna Fatima0Yaser Alhamshari1Moiz Salahuddin2Department of Internal Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, USAAcute pancreatitis is one of the rare complications in patients fitted with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). We herein report a case of acute pancreatitis in a patient with LVAD triggered by intravascular haemolysis. A 44-year-old man with non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) after VAD implantation presented with epigastric pain. Laboratory work-up showed acute pancreatitis and haemolysis. As there was concern that device thrombosis was causing haemolysis, the patient was started on unfractionated heparin infusion. The patient was discharged when haemolysis and pancreatitis had resolved. To our knowledge, VAD-associated haemolysis presenting with acute pancreatitis is infrequently described in the literature.http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/557VAD thrombosisVAD complicationacute pancreatitishemolysis |
| spellingShingle | Sanna Fatima Yaser Alhamshari Moiz Salahuddin Ventricular Assist Device-Related Haemolysis Presenting with Acute Pancreatitis European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine VAD thrombosis VAD complication acute pancreatitis hemolysis |
| title | Ventricular Assist Device-Related Haemolysis Presenting with Acute Pancreatitis |
| title_full | Ventricular Assist Device-Related Haemolysis Presenting with Acute Pancreatitis |
| title_fullStr | Ventricular Assist Device-Related Haemolysis Presenting with Acute Pancreatitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ventricular Assist Device-Related Haemolysis Presenting with Acute Pancreatitis |
| title_short | Ventricular Assist Device-Related Haemolysis Presenting with Acute Pancreatitis |
| title_sort | ventricular assist device related haemolysis presenting with acute pancreatitis |
| topic | VAD thrombosis VAD complication acute pancreatitis hemolysis |
| url | http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/557 |
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