Patient-tailored silicone plug for HeartMate 3™ left ventricular assist device explantation

Mohamed Elbayomi; Rene Tandler; Nina Ebel; Dirk W Schubert; Siegfried Werner; Markus Kondruweit; Micheal Weyand; Christian Heim

doi:10.1007/s10047-023-01397-w

Patient-tailored silicone plug for HeartMate 3™ left ventricular assist device explantation

J Artif Organs. 2023 Apr 26. doi: 10.1007/s10047-023-01397-w. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Mohamed Elbayomi¹, Rene Tandler², Nina Ebel², Dirk W Schubert³, Siegfried Werner³, Markus Kondruweit², Micheal Weyand², Christian Heim²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Krankenhausstr. 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany. mohamed.elbayomi@uk-erlangen.de.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Krankenhausstr. 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany.
³ Institute for Polymer Materials, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany.

PMID: 37099051
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-023-01397-w

Abstract

Patient-tailored silicone plug for HeartMate 3™ left ventricular assist device explantation in two successive males proceeded successfully. Given medical therapeutic advancements, FDA-approved plug systems designed by LVAD manufacturers themselves will be necessary for the near future to provide a safe and simple device explantation alternative that fulfills all regulatory standards.

Keywords: Case report; HeartMate 3™; Ventricular assist device explantation.