title: Assist device malfunction due to kinking of cannula between heart and chest wall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan. rinnko@sannet.ne.jp
authors.forename: Tomoko Sugiyama
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Hatsue
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishibashi-Ueda
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komamura
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D057785:Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed