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

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
Subjects:
aortic disease
aorta/aortic
cardiopulmonary bypass
left ventricular assist device
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-2461-3284
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