LVAD pannus complicating destination therapy

• Main Authors: Maya Ignaszewski (Author), Margaret Robin B. Cases (Author), Davide Salina (Author), Elizabeth Swiggum (Author), Anson Cheung (Author), Andrew P. Ignaszewski (Author), Michael A. Seidman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite advances in technology, ventricular assist devices still experience a number of complications limiting their long-term use. We present a 73-year-old woman implanted with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) five years prior due to end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy, who died several weeks a...