Native Aortic Valve Insufficiency in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices Ayesha S. Bryant, MSPH, William L. Holman, MD, Navin C. Nanda, MD, Srinivas Vengala, MD, Margaret S. Blood, RN, Salpy V. Pamboukian, MD, James K. Kirklin, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 81, Issue 2, Pages e6-e8 (February 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.08.072 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Two-dimensional color Doppler transthoracic echocardiographic image obtained after placement of a central coapting stitch in the aortic valve of patient 1 after placement of the left ventricular assist device. The arrowhead points to flow signals moving from the left ventricle (LV) into the aorta (AO) through the aortic valve (AV). (RV = right ventricle.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, e6-e8DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.08.072) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Two-dimensional color Doppler transthoracic echocardiographic image obtained after placement of a central coapting stitch in the aortic valve of patient 2 after placement of the left ventricular assist device. The arrowhead points to flow signals moving from the left ventricle (LV) into the aorta (AO) through the aortic valve (AV). (RV = right ventricle.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, e6-e8DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.08.072) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions