title: Initial experience of EVAHEART explantation after continuous-flow LVAD off test with percutaneous occlusion balloon.
abstract: In contrast to a pulsatile-flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD), an LVAD off test for evaluation of cardiac recovery with a continuous-flow device is difficult because of intra-circuit backflow from the outflow graft when a device is stopped. We report a case of reliable evaluation of cardiac recovery using balloon occlusion of the outflow graft, followed by successful removal of a continuous-flow EVAHEART LVAD using a minimally invasive approach.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamadaoka, 2-2, Suita City, Osaka, 565-0087, Japan, kashiyama0614@gmail.com.
authors: Noriyuki
authors: N
authors: Kashiyama
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Toda
authors: Shigeru
authors: S
authors: Miyagawa
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Nishi
authors: Yasushi
authors: Y
authors: Yoshikawa
authors: Satsuki
authors: S
authors: Fukushima
authors: Daisuke
authors: D
authors: Yoshioka
authors: Tetsuya
authors: T
authors: Saito
authors: Yoshiki
authors: Y
authors: Sawa
mesh_terms: D020878:Device Removal; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011673:Pulsatile Flow; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology*