Implantation of HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device in a Single-Lung Patient Hannah Copeland, MD, Liset Stoletniy, MD, Antoine Sakr, MD, Anees Razzouk, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 99, Issue 6, Pages 2216-2218 (June 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.053 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Computed tomography scan of the chest demonstrates surgical absence of the left lung, cardiomegaly, and significant mediastinal shift. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 2216-2218DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.053) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Left ventricular assist device position. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 2216-2218DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.053) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram demonstrates the left ventricular apical placement of the inflow cannula (arrow) and low velocity flow by pulse-wave Doppler. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 2216-2218DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.053) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions