Giant ventral hernia following left ventricular assist device bridge to heart transplantation

Vipin Dulam; Suresh Keshavamurthy; Mohammed Abul Kashem; Renè Jesus Alvarez Jr; Eman Ahmad Hamad; Yoshiya Toyoda

doi:10.1007/s12055-022-01374-7

Giant ventral hernia following left ventricular assist device bridge to heart transplantation

Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Nov;38(6):672-674. doi: 10.1007/s12055-022-01374-7. Epub 2022 Jun 17.

Authors

Vipin Dulam^{1

2}, Suresh Keshavamurthy³, Mohammed Abul Kashem¹, Renè Jesus Alvarez Jr⁴, Eman Ahmad Hamad¹, Yoshiya Toyoda¹

Affiliations

¹ Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Program, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Temple University Hospital, 3401 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140 USA.
² Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, 3500 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140 USA.
³ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky, 740 S. Limestone St, Lexington, KY 40536 USA.
⁴ Jefferson Heart Institute Sidney Kimmel School of Medicine, 925 Chestnut St. Suite, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA.

Abstract

Ventral hernias following left ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement are rare. With the improvement in technology, and miniaturization of devices associated with intrapericardial placement, these complications have largely been abolished. The mere presence of a large ventral hernia should not exclude recipients from being candidates for orthotopic heart transplantation.

Keywords: Heart failure; Heart transplant; Left ventricular assist device.