Mahwash Kassi, Tanushree Agrawal, Jiaqiong Xu, Hernan Gerardo Marcos-Abdala, Raquel Araujo-Gutierrez, Thomas Macgillivray, Erik E Suarez, Rayan Yousefzai, Nadia Fida, Ju H Kim, Imad Hussain, Ashrith Guha, Barry Trachtenberg, Arvind Bhimaraj, Su Min Chang, Jerry Estep
We sought to evaluate whether differences in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) canula alignment are associated with stroke. There is a paucity of clinical data on contribution of LVAD canulae alignment to strokes. We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients who underwent LVAD implantation at Houston Methodist hospital from 2011 to 2016 and included those who had undergone cardiac computed tomography (CT) with contrast. LVAD graft alignment using X-ray, echocardiography, and cardiac CT was evaluated...
March 9, 2023: International Journal of Artificial Organs