Left Ventricular Assist Device With a Left Atrial Inflow Cannula for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Left Ventricular Assist Device With a Left Atrial Inflow Cannula for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Patients with restrictive or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are often ineligible for a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) due to the risk of suction events with a small left ventricular cavity size and left ventricular inflow cannula. We describe an alternative LVAD configuration using a left...

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Main Authors: Omid Kiamanesh, MD, Kate Rankin, MBBS, Filio Billia, MD, PhD, Mitesh V. Badiwala, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
acute heart failure
cardiac assist devices
cardiomyopathy
hemodynamics
left ventricle
pulmonary hypertension
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920312055

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