Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Assist Device Outflow Graft Obstruction Using Intravascular Ultrasound

Circ Heart Fail. 2016 Dec;9(12):e003472. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.003472.
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Keywords: heart failure; heart transplantation; intravascular ultrasound; left ventricular assist device; thrombosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aorta / diagnostic imaging
  • Aorta / physiopathology
  • Aorta / surgery*
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Computed Tomography Angiography
  • Device Removal
  • Female
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / etiology
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / physiopathology
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / surgery
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Heart Failure / therapy*
  • Heart-Assist Devices*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Hemolysis
  • Humans
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Prosthesis Failure
  • Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
  • Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thrombosis / etiology
  • Thrombosis / physiopathology
  • Thrombosis / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional*
  • Ventricular Function