Management of Air Embolism during HeartMate® XVE Exchange

Air embolism is a rare and usually fatal complication of major cardiac surgery. We present a case in which a 45-year-old man supported by a HeartMate® XVE left ventricular assist device required a pump exchange due to failure of the device motor. During pump dissection, a massive amount of air enter...

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Autors principals: Gregoric, Igor D., Myers, Timothy J., Kar, Biswajit, Loyalka, Pranav, Reverdin, Stephane, La Francesca, Saverio, Odegaard, Peggy, Gemmato, Courtney J., Frazier, O. H.
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: 2007
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Surgical Techniques
Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1847928/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17420788
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