1. Complications of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs)
Complications of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). (A) Thrombotic deposits at the pump outflow/housing junction, respectively. (B) Fungal infection in LVAD outflow graft. (C) Dehiscence of the bladder of a left ventricular assist device. (D) Cuspal tear in inflow valve of LVAD. This patient was not a transplant candidate and had been on the LVAD as destination therapy for about 12 months before the tear occurred causing regurgitation. The valve was replaced without incident. ([A] Reproduced with permission from Fyfe B, Schoen FJ: Pathologic analysis of 34 explanted Symbion ventricular assist devices and 10 explanted Jarvik-7 total artificial hearts. Cardiovasc Pathol 1993; 2:187. [B–C] Reproduced with permission from Schoen FJ, Edwards WD: Pathology of cardiovascular interventions, including endovascular therapies, revascularization, vascular replacement, cardiac assist/replacement, arrhythmia control and repaired congenital heart disease, in Silver MD, Gotlieb AI, Schoen FJ [eds]: Cardiovascular Pathology, 3rd ed. Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 2001; p 678.)
Source: Chapter 5. Cardiovascular Pathology, Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, 4e
Citation: Cohn LH. Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, 4e; 2012 Available at: Accessed: October 22, 2017
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