Device thrombosis in HeartMate II continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: a multifactorial phenomenon

Continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (CF-LVADs) are increasingly used to support patients with advanced heart failure (HF). Device thrombosis is a serious complication of CF-LVADs, but its precise prevalence and etiology remains uncertain. Root-cause analysis was performed in all cases wi...

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Published in:	The Journal of heart and lung transplantation Vol. 33; no. 1; p. 51
Main Authors:	Uriel, Nir, Han, Jason, Morrison, Kerry A, Nahumi, Nadav, Yuzefpolskaya, Melana, Garan, Arthur R, Duong, Jimmy, Colombo, Paolo C, Takayama, Hiroo, Thomas, Sunu, Naka, Yoshifumi, Jorde, Ulrich P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.01.2014
Subjects:	Adult Aged Algorithms Anticoagulants - therapeutic use Bilirubin - blood Biomarkers - blood Creatine - blood Female Heart Failure - blood Heart Failure - physiopathology Heart Failure - therapy Heart-Assist Devices - adverse effects Humans L-Lactate Dehydrogenase - blood Male Middle Aged Prevalence Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Thrombosis - epidemiology Thrombosis - etiology Thrombosis - prevention & control Transaminases - blood Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - blood Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - therapy lactate dehydrogenase left ventricular assist device advanced heart failure coagulation international normalized ratio device thrombosis
ISSN:	1557-3117, 1557-3117
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