HeartMate II pump exchange with HeartMate III implantation to the descending aorta

Mohamed Khayata; Chantal A ElAmm; Basar Sareyyupoglu; Michael Zacharias; Guilherme H Oliveira; Benjamin Medalion

doi:10.1111/jocs.13969

HeartMate II pump exchange with HeartMate III implantation to the descending aorta

J Card Surg. 2019 Jan;34(1):47-49. doi: 10.1111/jocs.13969. Epub 2018 Dec 30.

Authors

Mohamed Khayata^{1

2}, Chantal A ElAmm^{1

2}, Basar Sareyyupoglu^{1

3}, Michael Zacharias^{1

2}, Guilherme H Oliveira^{1

2}, Benjamin Medalion^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
³ Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.

PMID: 30597627
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.13969

Abstract

Removal of the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device (LVAD) usually requires a sternotomy. We report a case of HeartMate III LVAD implantation to the descending aorta via a left thoracotomy while leaving most of the HeartMate II device in place to avoid redo-sternotomy.

Keywords: advanced heart failure; pump exchange; thoracotomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aorta, Thoracic / surgery*
Device Removal / methods*
Equipment Failure
Female
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / surgery*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Reoperation
Sternotomy / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed