Anticoagulant-Free Off-Pump Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant

Jason Ali; Sendhil Balasubramanian; Marius Berman; Yasir Abu-Omar; Steven Tsui

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.034

Anticoagulant-Free Off-Pump Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant

Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Jan;105(1):e37-e39. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.034.

Authors

Jason Ali¹, Sendhil Balasubramanian², Marius Berman², Yasir Abu-Omar², Steven Tsui²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Transplantation, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Electronic address: ja297@cam.ac.uk.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Transplantation, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

PMID: 29233363
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.08.034

Abstract

Implantable left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy is an established treatment for advanced heart failure. LVADs are usually implanted using intra-operative anticoagulation with or without cardiopulmonary bypass. We describe an anticoagulant-free off-pump LVAD implant technique to circumvent potential complications associated with conventional approaches. This technique is safe and is probably the least invasive surgical approach for LVAD implantation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Heart Failure / therapy*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prosthesis Implantation / methods*

Substances

Anticoagulants