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  • Title: Right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device implantation with concomitant pulmonary embolectomy needing right ventricular assist device support in a patient with terminal heart failure and asymptomatic pulmonary thrombus.
    Author: Stepanenko A, Potapov EV, Krabatsch T, Hetzer R.
    Journal: Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg; 2010 Jan; 10(1):154-5. PubMed ID: 19833639.
    Abstract:
    We present a case in which a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) was implanted in a patient with terminal heart failure and preoperatively diagnosed asymptomatic thrombus in the right pulmonary artery. LVAD implantation was performed with concomitant thromboembolectomy in deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) and intra-operatively right ventricular assist device (RVAD) implantation for the treatment of acute right ventricular failure became necessary. The patient was weaned from the RVAD after eight days of support.
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