Octreotide for the Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Patient with a HeartWare Left Ventricular Assist Device

Geetanjali Dang; Ryan Grayburn; Geoffrey Lamb; Adrian Umpierrez De Reguero; Nunzio Gaglianello

doi:10.1155/2014/826453

Case Reports in Cardiology (Jan 2014)

Octreotide for the Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Patient with a HeartWare Left Ventricular Assist Device

Geetanjali Dang,
Ryan Grayburn,
Geoffrey Lamb,
Adrian Umpierrez De Reguero,
Nunzio Gaglianello

Affiliations

Geetanjali Dang: Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Ryan Grayburn: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Geoffrey Lamb: Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Adrian Umpierrez De Reguero: Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Nunzio Gaglianello: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/826453
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2014

Abstract

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HeartWare is a third generation left ventricular assist device (LVAD), widely used for the management of advanced heart failure patients. These devices are frequently associated with a significant risk of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. The data for the management of patients with LVAD presenting with GI bleeding is limited. We describe a 56-year-old lady, recipient of a HeartWare device, who experienced recurrent GI bleeding and was successfully managed with subcutaneous (SC) formulations of octreotide.

Published in Case Reports in Cardiology

ISSN: 2090-6404 (Print); 2090-6412 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4208

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