Mitral Valve and Short-Term Ventricular Assist Devices; Potential Mechanical Complications

Mitral Valve and Short-Term Ventricular Assist Devices; Potential Mechanical Complications

Abstract Mechanical complications of ventricular assist devices (VADs) are rare but serious. The authors describe two cases of different mechanical complications of VADs that can affect the mitral valve. Attention should be paid to the position of the inflow/outflow cannula after off-loading of the...

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Main Authors: Hani N. Mufti, Tamer Elghobary, Shawn K. Murray, Roger J. F. Baskett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2013-07-01
Series:The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports
Subjects:
mechanical circulatory support
heart failure
mitral valve
mechanical complications
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0033-1351116
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spelling doaj-401350bf84b84078bd30ec5d3b2a50482020-11-25T03:14:45ZengGeorg Thieme Verlag KGThe Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports2194-76352194-76432013-07-01020100901210.1055/s-0033-1351116Mitral Valve and Short-Term Ventricular Assist Devices; Potential Mechanical ComplicationsHani N. Mufti0Tamer Elghobary1Shawn K. Murray2Roger J. F. Baskett3Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDivision of Anatomical Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaAbstract Mechanical complications of ventricular assist devices (VADs) are rare but serious. The authors describe two cases of different mechanical complications of VADs that can affect the mitral valve. Attention should be paid to the position of the inflow/outflow cannula after off-loading of the ventricle, especially in acute heart failure and normal atrial dimensions. Complete off-loading of the left ventricle in the presence of a bioprosthetic mitral valve might cause fusion of the valve leaflets leading to mitral stenosis, which will call for another intervention.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0033-1351116mechanical circulatory supportheart failuremitral valvemechanical complications
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author Hani N. Mufti
Tamer Elghobary
Shawn K. Murray
Roger J. F. Baskett
spellingShingle Hani N. Mufti
Tamer Elghobary
Shawn K. Murray
Roger J. F. Baskett
Mitral Valve and Short-Term Ventricular Assist Devices; Potential Mechanical Complications
The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports
mechanical circulatory support
heart failure
mitral valve
mechanical complications
author_facet Hani N. Mufti
Tamer Elghobary
Shawn K. Murray
Roger J. F. Baskett
author_sort Hani N. Mufti
title Mitral Valve and Short-Term Ventricular Assist Devices; Potential Mechanical Complications
title_short Mitral Valve and Short-Term Ventricular Assist Devices; Potential Mechanical Complications
title_full Mitral Valve and Short-Term Ventricular Assist Devices; Potential Mechanical Complications
title_fullStr Mitral Valve and Short-Term Ventricular Assist Devices; Potential Mechanical Complications
title_full_unstemmed Mitral Valve and Short-Term Ventricular Assist Devices; Potential Mechanical Complications
title_sort mitral valve and short-term ventricular assist devices; potential mechanical complications
publisher Georg Thieme Verlag KG
series The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports
issn 2194-7635
2194-7643
publishDate 2013-07-01
description Abstract Mechanical complications of ventricular assist devices (VADs) are rare but serious. The authors describe two cases of different mechanical complications of VADs that can affect the mitral valve. Attention should be paid to the position of the inflow/outflow cannula after off-loading of the ventricle, especially in acute heart failure and normal atrial dimensions. Complete off-loading of the left ventricle in the presence of a bioprosthetic mitral valve might cause fusion of the valve leaflets leading to mitral stenosis, which will call for another intervention.
topic mechanical circulatory support
heart failure
mitral valve
mechanical complications
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0033-1351116
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