title: Exercise Training in a Patient With a Left Ventricular Assist Device and Large Aortic Valve Thrombus.
abstract: An aortic valve thrombus (AVT) is a rare complication after HeartMate II implantation. In a 44-year-old man, a large AVT was discovered 6 weeks after implantation of a HeartMate II for severe dilated cardiomyopathy. The aortic valve was permanently closed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  After a followup of 3 months without embolic events, the patient started a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program involving aerobic exercise, resistance exercises, group gymnastics, and relaxation exercise, and completed the program without any complications, resulting in a significant functional benefit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CR might not be systematically contraindicated in patients with HeartMate II and an AVT, in particular, if there is no opening of the aortic valve at rest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation (Drs Wuliya, Peyrot, Ben Elhaj, and Gellen), Department of Cardiac Surgery (Dr Radu), Department of Cardiology (Drs Peyrot, Lellouche, Damy, Guendouz, and Gellen), and Department of Radiology (Dr Deux), APHP, Henri-Mondor University Hospital Group, Creteil, France; and Polyclinique de Poitiers, Poitiers, France (Dr Gellen).
authors.forename: Mijiti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wuliya
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peyrot
authors.forename: Costin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Radu
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Deux
authors.forename: Habib
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ben Elhaj
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lellouche
authors.forename: Thibaud
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Damy
authors.forename: Soulef
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guendouz
authors.forename: Barnabas
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gellen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000072038:Cardiac Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010630:Phenindione / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D010630:Phenindione; C017673:fluindione