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. 2014 May;97(5):1778-81.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.08.029.

Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in a patient with a left ventricular assist device

Kazuma Date  1 , Tatsuo Kaneko  2 , Masahiko Edure  2 , Yasushi Sato  2 , Yutaka Hasegawa  2 , Shuuichi Okada  2 , Shuuichi Okonogi  2 , Hitomi Takihara  2 , Minoru Ono  3
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Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in a patient with a left ventricular assist device

Kazuma Date et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 May.

Abstract

We report a case of thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair in a 44-year-old man with end-stage heart failure requiring an extracorporeal left ventricular assist device (LVAD). At the age of 31 years, the patient experienced type B acute aortic dissection, which gradually dilated to a maximum dimension of 66 mm at the diaphragm. The aneurysm prevented the patient from meeting heart transplantation criteria. For this reason and because of an increased risk of rupture, we undertook surgical repair of the aneurysm. This report constitutes the first such published case, and we describe the management of the LVAD in the perioperative period.

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