Right ventricular assist device thrombosis during biventricular heart assistance.
We report a case of total thrombosis of a right ventricular assist device in a patient during biventricular assistance. The thrombosis occurred 18 days following implantation and the right ventricular device was immediately removed without any complications. The patient was successfully transplanted after 3 months of left ventricular assistance.
Decoene
Christophe
C
Clinique de chirurgie cardiovasculaire, Hopital cardiologique, CHRU de Lille, Lille, France.
Fayad
Georges
G
Al-Ruzzeh
Sharif
S
Modine
Thomas
T
Crepin
Francis
F
Pol
Annie
A
Warembourg
Henri
H
D000328:Adult; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology