Left Ventricular Assist Device Outflow Graft Pseudoaneurysm Treated with Covered Balloon Expandable Stent. Issue 5 (May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pya, Yuriy; Mussayev, Abdurashid; Alimbayev, Serik; Medressova, Assel; Bekbossynov, Serik; Andossova, Saltanat; Khissamutdinov, Nail; Jetybayeva, Saltanat; la Fleur, Philip
• Is Part Of: ASAIO journal. Volume 66:Issue 5(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-05
• Subjects: left ventricular assist device -- heart failure -- outflow graft stenting -- Kazakhstan -- heart transplantation; Artificial organs -- Periodicals; 617
• DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001033
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-2916

Abstract

Abstract : Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) outflow graft injury is a very rare complication after LVAD implantation and is usually treated surgically. This is a case report of successful stenting of the damaged outflow graft 2.5 years after LVAD implantation, followed by successful heart transplantation.