Surgical Technique Influences HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device Thrombosis Sharven Taghavi, MD, MPH, Charisse Ward, MD, Senthil N. Jayarajan, MD, John Gaughan, PhD, Lynn M. Wilson, RN, Abeel A. Mangi, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 96, Issue 4, Pages 1259-1265 (October 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.081 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Measurements taken for study. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 1259-1265DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.081) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Comparison of (A) inflow cannula angle, (B) outflow cannula angle, and (C) pump pocket depth. Open bars indicate pump thrombosis; solid bars indicate control. (Post-op = postoperative.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 1259-1265DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.081) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Chest roentgenogram of 3 patients in pump thrombosis group demonstrating acute angulation of the inflow cannula and shallowly placed pump pocket. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 1259-1265DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.081) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Survival curve comparing the two groups. (Solid green line indicates control; dashed red line indicates pump thrombosis; N indicates the normal functioning group; Y indicates the pump thrombosis group.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 1259-1265DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.081) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions