Tevaearai, Hendrik T; Schmidli, Juerg; Mohacsi, Paul; Rothen, Hans-Ulrich; Eckstein, Friedrich S; Carrel, Thierry P (2006). Leakage of the arterial prosthesis of an Impella RVAD. Annals of thoracic surgery, 82(4), pp. 1527-9. New York, N.Y.: Elsevier 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.017
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Seromas occurring around a vascular graft are a rare complication. We report a life-threatening plasma leakage that occurred through the polytetrafluoroethylene vascular prosthesis of an Impella right ventricular assist device (Impella RD [Impella Cardiosystems GmbH, Aachen, Germany]) implanted in a 62-year-old patient with acute right ventricular failure after cardiac transplantation. The leakage became progressively massive. Weaning the patient from the right ventricular assist device was not possible. The prosthesis was thus wrapped within a pericardial patch to contain the leakage. Three days later the patient could be successfully weaned and the pump was removed. The clinical evolution was favorable.
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Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Heart Surgery 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Cardiology 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology (DINA) > Clinic of Intensive Care |
UniBE Contributor: |
Schmidli, Jürg, Mohacsi, Paul, Rothen, Hans Ulrich, Eckstein, Friedrich Stefan, Carrel, Thierry |
ISSN: |
0003-4975 |
ISBN: |
16996976 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:46 |
Last Modified: |
27 Feb 2024 14:30 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.017 |
PubMed ID: |
16996976 |
Web of Science ID: |
000240706800063 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/19045 (FactScience: 1413) |
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