title: Intracardiac echocardiography for diagnosis and management of left ventricular assist device inlet obstruction.
abstract: Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have become more important in the management of patients with advanced heart failure. New generation rotary blood pumps demonstrated survival benefits and improved functional status and quality of life in these patients. Although a variety of relevant advances have been achieved in the field of device technology, the risk of severe complications remains. In this report, we describe the application of intracardiac echocardiography in the management of postoperative LVAD complications.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania; and †Department of Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Aly
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Banayosy
authors.forename: Michael M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Koerner
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brehm
authors.forename: Edward R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: Walter E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Pae
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Clemson
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Banchs
authors.forename: Mario D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shears
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghodsizad
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy