Assist device malfunction due to kinking of cannula between heart and chest wall

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2010 Dec;18(6):598. doi: 10.1177/0218492310383992.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Autopsy
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / complications
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / physiopathology
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / therapy*
  • Catheters / adverse effects*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Heart Failure / therapy*
  • Heart-Assist Devices / adverse effects*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Prosthesis Failure*
  • Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed