JACC: Case Reports (Nov 2020)

Left Ventricular Assist Device With a Left Atrial Inflow Cannula for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

  • Omid Kiamanesh, MD,
  • Kate Rankin, MBBS,
  • Filio Billia, MD, PhD,
  • Mitesh V. Badiwala, MD, PhD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 13
pp. 2090 – 2094

Abstract

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Patients with restrictive or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are often ineligible for a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) due to the risk of suction events with a small left ventricular cavity size and left ventricular inflow cannula. We describe an alternative LVAD configuration using a left atrial inflow cannula as a bridge to transplantation in an adult with HCM. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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