Radiology Case Reports (Jun 2017)

Feasibility of transfemoral hepatic vein/wedged portal venous pressure measurement in total artificial heart

  • Ashwani Kumar Sharma, MD,
  • Jonathan Huang, DO,
  • Himabindu Vidula, MD, MS, FACC,
  • Jeffrey Alexis, MD,
  • Juan M. Lehoux, MD

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.03.018
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2
pp. 340 – 342

Abstract

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The development of technology and limitation of numerous ventricular assist devices has increased usage of the total artificial heart (TAH) for mechanical circulatory support. A primary important feature of TAH is that it is one of the few mechanical circulatory support devices that provides biventricular support. As the number of patients with TAH rises, spreading awareness about the device in the interventional radiology community is important.

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