SAGE Open Medical Case Reports (Jun 2024)

Lower extremity artery thromboembolism during removal of Impella after repair for ventricular septal rupture: A case report

  • Yoshifumi Itoda,
  • Yasuyuki Yamada,
  • Joji Hoshino,
  • Yutaka Hasegawa,
  • Shuichi Okada,
  • Hiroyuki Morishita,
  • Masahiro Seki,
  • Kazuki Tamura,
  • Takashi Soda,
  • Masahiko Ezure

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X241260228
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12

Abstract

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Although the anticoagulant complications of Impella are well known, the timing of heparin administration when using Impella immediately after open heart surgery has not been established. We report a case of a 59-year-old man with Impella-assisted repair of a ventricular septal perforation after acute myocardial infarction who developed thromboembolism of the lower extremity arteries after removal of Impella.