TY - JOUR
T1 - Left ventricular assist device explantation after myocardial recovery
AU - Gallo, Michele
AU - Trivedi, Jaimin R.
AU - Monreal, Gretel
AU - Birks, Emma J.
AU - Slaughter, Mark S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author 2016. Published by MMCTS on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/1/29
Y1 - 2018/1/29
N2 - Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) treatment may lead to reverse remodeling in heart failure patients. Selected patients can recover heart function and be eligible for LVAD explantation. Surgical methods for explanting an LVAD have been reported using various surgical accesses and different degrees of retained device material. We report a surgical technique for achieving a complete pump removal, with an emphasis on the technical details of inflow and outflow pump cannula management.
AB - Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) treatment may lead to reverse remodeling in heart failure patients. Selected patients can recover heart function and be eligible for LVAD explantation. Surgical methods for explanting an LVAD have been reported using various surgical accesses and different degrees of retained device material. We report a surgical technique for achieving a complete pump removal, with an emphasis on the technical details of inflow and outflow pump cannula management.
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U2 - 10.1510/mmcts.2018.006
DO - 10.1510/mmcts.2018.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 30070781
AN - SCOPUS:85057919390
SN - 1813-9175
VL - 2018
JO - Multimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery : MMCTS
JF - Multimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery : MMCTS
ER -