Utility and safety of balloon-assisted enteroscopy in patients with left ventricular assist devices: a retrospective multicenter study

Objective and study aims Patients with left-ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have an increased risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, especially from the small bowel, often necessitating evaluation with balloon-assisted enteroscopy (BAE). Our study aimed to assess the periprocedural safety and utility...

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Main Authors: Badar M. Hasan, Charles McMahon, Rumman A. Khalid, Yasar Colak, Daniel C. Mayorga, Ahmed Elkafrawy, Kanwarpreet Tandon, Muhammad Shafiq, Ishtiaq Hussain, Tolga Erim, Fernando Castro, Roger Charles, Rajiv Chhabra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2020-07-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-1181-8340

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