title: An echocardiographic presentation of a massive, reverse flow caused by an electrical failure of the left ventricular assist device. The continuous flow device dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Cardiovascular Center Nordrhine-Westphalian Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
authors.forename: Lech
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paluszkiewicz
authors.forename: Michiel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morshuis
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gummert
mesh_terms: D020878:Device Removal; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Doppler echocardiography; left ventricular assist device; transesophageal echocardiography