1.
Heart Surg Forum
; 19(6): E284-E285, 2016 12 14.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28054898
ABSTRACT
Despite advances in pump technology, thromboembolic events and pump thrombosis are potentially life-threatening complications in patients with continuous flow ventricular assist devices. Here we describe a patient with pump thrombosis following LVAD HeartMate II implantation presenting with Aspirin and Plavix resistance and signs of acute hemolysis as manifested by high LDH, changing pump power, pulse index and reduced pump flows.
Subject(s)
Aspirin/therapeutic use , Drug Resistance , Heart Failure/therapy , Heart-Assist Devices/adverse effects , Ticlopidine/analogs & derivatives , Aged , Clopidogrel , Humans , Male , Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/therapeutic use , Prosthesis Failure , Retrospective Studies , Thrombosis , Ticlopidine/therapeutic use
2.
J Postgrad Med
; 51(3): 225-7, 2005.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16333200