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Total outflow graft thrombosis: From permanent circulatory support to temporary circulatory support by deactivating HeartMate 3™ and implanting Impella 5.5® in a high urgent bridge to transplant concept

Clinical Image | DOI: https://doi.org/10.31579/2641-0419/375

Total outflow graft thrombosis: From permanent circulatory support to temporary circulatory support by deactivating HeartMate 3™ and implanting Impella 5.5® in a high urgent bridge to transplant concept

  • SJ Bauer 1,2*
  • U Boeken 3
  • A Lichtenberg 3
  • P Akhyari 1

1 Department of Thoracic- and Cardiovascular Surgery, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany. 

2 Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.

3 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany.

*Corresponding Author: SJ Bauer, Department of Thoracic- and Cardiovascular Surgery, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.

Citation: SJ Bauer, U Boeken, A Lichtenberg, P Akhyari (2024), Total outflow graft thrombosis: From permanent circulatory support to temporary circulatory support by deactivating HeartMate 3™ and implanting Impella 5.5® in a high urgent bridge to transplant concept, J Clinical Cardiology and Cardiovascular Interventions, 7(5); DOI: 10.31579/2641-0419/375

Copyright: © 2024, SJ Bauer. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: 24 April 2024 | Accepted: 29 May 2024 | Published: 28 May 2024

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X-ray shows a male patient with two left ventricular assist devices. Initial presentation was with intermittent low-flow-alarms. After deactivating HeartMate 3™ due to outflow graft thrombosis and implanting Impella 5.5®, the patient was granted high-urgency status on the heart transplantation waiting list. He underwent heart transplantation 17 days later.

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