Outflow graft abrasion due to bend relief detachment in a HeartMate II device
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
.
2014 Feb;45(2):394.
doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt274.
Epub 2013 May 21.
Authors
Nobuyuki Furukawa
1
,
Michiel Morshuis
,
Jan Fritz Gummert
Affiliation
1
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
PMID:
23696553
DOI:
10.1093/ejcts/ezt274
No abstract available
Keywords:
Cardiomyopathy; Device failure; Left ventricular assist device.
Publication types
Case Reports
MeSH terms
Aged
Cardiomyopathies / surgery*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Male
Prosthesis Failure*
Reoperation