title: Right ventricular assist device thrombosis during biventricular heart assistance.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Clinique de chirurgie cardiovasculaire, Hopital cardiologique, CHRU de Lille, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Decoene
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fayad
authors.forename: Sharif
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Ruzzeh
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Modine
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Crepin
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pol
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Warembourg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology