Echocardiography can be more sensitive than thoracic computed tomography in detecting a thrombus in the inflow cannula of a continuous left ventricular assist device

Echocardiography. 2011 Nov;28(10):E215-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01496.x. Epub 2011 Aug 19.

Authors

Nadia Aissaoui¹, Lech Paluszkiewicz, Heinrich H Koertke, Michiel Morshuis, Jan Gummert

Affiliation

¹ Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,Heart and Diabetes Center, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 21854442
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01496.x

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Echocardiography*
Heart Diseases / diagnosis*
Heart Diseases / etiology*
Heart-Assist Devices / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Radiography, Thoracic
Sensitivity and Specificity
Thrombosis / diagnosis*
Thrombosis / etiology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed