Recurrent Clotting of a Continuous-Flow Right Ventricular Assist Device--Repeated Thrombolysis With Two Different Protocols

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Dec;29(6):1614-7. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.11.013. Epub 2014 Nov 17.

Authors

Anna Maria Schürner¹, Markus J Wilhelm², Volkmar Falk², Frank Ruschitzka³, Dominique Bettex⁴, Alain Rudiger⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. Electronic address: annamaria.schuerner@usz.ch.
² Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
³ Clinic of Cardiology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
⁴ Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

PMID: 25670152
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.11.013

No abstract available

Keywords: RVAD; lysis; thrombus; ventricular assist device.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Blood Coagulation*
Fatal Outcome
Heart-Assist Devices / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Mechanical Thrombolysis / adverse effects*
Middle Aged
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnosis
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / therapy*