High-Intensity Transient Signals in the Outflow Graft and Thrombosis of a HeartWare Left Ventricular Assist Device.

Dimitrov, Kamen; Riebandt, Julia; Haberl, Thomas; Wiedemann, Dominik; Simon, Paul; Laufer, Günther; Schima, Heinrich; Zimpfer, Daniel · Ann Thorac Surg · 2016

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report the echocardiographic detection of microbubbles in the outflow prosthesis of a HeartWare HVAD left ventricular assist device using transthoracic echocardiography. In this case it was a specific sign associated with device thrombosis that resolved after successful treatment with systemic thrombolysis.

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