When Ablation Is Not the Answer: Acute Left Main Thrombosis Causing Incessant Ventricular Tachycardia Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant
| Autor: | Ahmed N. Mahmoud, R D Anderson, Akram Y. Elgendy, Mohammad K. Mojadidi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Acute coronary syndrome medicine.medical_treatment left main Cardiology Chest pain Ventricular tachycardia acute coronary syndrome Coronary thrombosis Internal medicine left ventricular assist device Medicine Artery occlusion cardiovascular diseases business.industry General Engineering Percutaneous coronary intervention medicine.disease equipment and supplies Thrombosis thrombectomy Ventricular assist device Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery cardiovascular system medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | Ventricular arrhythmia from aortic cusp thrombosis and coronary embolization is a rare complication of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. In this report, we present a case of acute left main and left anterior descending artery occlusion from embolic aortic cusp thrombi after LVAD implant. The patient presented with chest pain and incessant ventricular tachycardia post-LVAD implant. This was successfully treated by intracoronary thrombolysis, aspiration thrombectomy, and rheolytic thrombectomy. We present a rare case of successful percutaneous coronary intervention performed for incessant ventricular tachycardia in the setting of acute coronary thrombosis following LVAD implant. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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