Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation with Concomitant Replacement of the Ascending Aorta

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the main causes for end-stage heart failure. Until the transplantation, left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) have become an established treatment. We report a case of a 66-year-old patient with ischemic and DCM and suspected aortic ulcer formation. LVAD was i...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Johannes Bauer, Yukiharu Sugimura, Moritz Benjamin Immohr, Arash Mehdiani, Artur Lichtenberg, Payam Akhyari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2024-01-01
Series:The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-2461-3284
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