title: CASE 1--2015: left ventricular assist device insertion in a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and renal failure.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, LaJolla, CA. Electronic address: snhieu@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nhieu
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, LaJolla, CA.
authors.forename: Liem
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, LaJolla, CA.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pretorius
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, LaJolla, CA.
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ovando
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, LaJolla, CA.
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, LaJolla, CA.
authors.forename: Dalia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Banks
authors.affiliation: Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koster
authors.affiliation: Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
authors.forename: Michiel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morshuis
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Faraoni
mesh_terms: D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects; D006493:Heparin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006629:Hirudins; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D006629:Hirudins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006493:Heparin; C074619:bivalirudin
keywords: HIT; LVAD; bivalirudin; heartware®; heparin-induced thrombocytopenia; renal failure