Early postoperative rupture of Heartware outflow graft: A case report

KEMALOĞLU C., ÖZÇOBANOĞLU S., KÖKSEL U., ERBASAN O., GÖLBAŞI İ., TÜRKAY C., ...More

JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, vol.34, no.8, pp.742-744, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Editorial Material
  • Volume: 34 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/jocs.14120
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.742-744
  • Keywords: left ventricular assist device, outflow graft, rupture
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We know that new generation left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), significantly reduce the mortality of patients in the treatment of advanced heart failure disease, compared to optimal medical therapy. Day by day, we treat more heart failure patients with LVADs. Patients that can be cured are on the rise. But this also causes us to struggle with more complications. In this article, we present a case of cardiac tamponade due to rupture that occurred in the outflow graft of HeartWare left ventricular assist device (HVAD), a complication encountered for the first time as far as we know.