Lawn Mower Versus Left Ventricular Assist Device

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH; Marat Fudim, MD, MHS; Andrew Griffin, MD; Jennifer A. Rymer, MD, MBA; W. Schuyler Jones, MD; Lynne M.H. Koweek, MD; Tony P. Smith, MD; Daniele Marin, MD; Adam D. DeVore, MD, MHS

JACC: Case Reports (Mar 2020)

Lawn Mower Versus Left Ventricular Assist Device

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH,
Marat Fudim, MD, MHS,
Andrew Griffin, MD,
Jennifer A. Rymer, MD, MBA,
W. Schuyler Jones, MD,
Lynne M.H. Koweek, MD,
Tony P. Smith, MD,
Daniele Marin, MD,
Adam D. DeVore, MD, MHS

Affiliations

Vishal N. Rao, MD, MPH: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Address for correspondence: Dr. Vishal N. Rao, Division of Cardiology, Duke University Hospital, 2301 Erwin Road, DUMC 3845, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
Marat Fudim, MD, MHS: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Andrew Griffin, MD: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Jennifer A. Rymer, MD, MBA: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
W. Schuyler Jones, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Lynne M.H. Koweek, MD: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Tony P. Smith, MD: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Daniele Marin, MD: Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Adam D. DeVore, MD, MHS: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 3
pp. 406 – 410

Abstract

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A 77-year-old man with history of ischemic cardiomyopathy and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) presented with abdominal pain after a lawn mower accident. Examination and imaging revealed a displaced LVAD driveline and a pericardial hematoma secondary to traumatic coronary artery injury. The patient was treated with coronary artery coil embolization. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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