CASE 1--2015: left ventricular assist device insertion in a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and renal failure

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Feb;29(1):210-20. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.09.009.

Authors

Sonia Nhieu¹, Liem Nguyen², Victor Pretorius², Julio Ovando², Derek Moore², Dalia Banks², Andreas Koster³, Michiel Morshuis³, David Faraoni⁴

Affiliations

¹ University of California, San Diego, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, LaJolla, CA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² University of California, San Diego, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, LaJolla, CA.
³ Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 25620146
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.09.009

No abstract available

Keywords: HIT; LVAD; bivalirudin; heartware®; heparin-induced thrombocytopenia; renal failure.

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Heart Ventricles / surgery
Heart-Assist Devices* / adverse effects
Heparin / adverse effects*
Hirudins
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Peptide Fragments / therapeutic use
Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use
Renal Insufficiency / diagnosis*
Renal Insufficiency / surgery
Thrombocytopenia / chemically induced*
Thrombocytopenia / diagnosis*
Thrombocytopenia / surgery

Substances

Hirudins
Peptide Fragments
Recombinant Proteins
Heparin
bivalirudin