Treatment of an Intercostal Left Ventricular Assist Device Prolapse by Upgrading From HeartMate II to HeartMate 3

Artif Organs. 2018 Feb;42(2):242-244. doi: 10.1111/aor.12981.

Authors

Leonhard Wert¹, Jasmin Sarah Hanke¹, Sebastian V Rojas¹, Günes Dogan¹, Christina Feldmann¹, Thomas Rodt², Axel Haverich¹, Jan Dieter Schmitto¹

Affiliations

¹ Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
² Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

PMID: 29436023
DOI: 10.1111/aor.12981

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Device Removal*
Heart Failure / pathology
Heart Failure / surgery*
Heart Ventricles / pathology*
Heart Ventricles / surgery*
Heart-Assist Devices / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Prolapse
Prosthesis Failure / adverse effects