A postoperative computed tomographic scan showed a satisfactory position of the device. The post-implantation 3-D CT reconstruction (multiscan, 64-slice) showed clearly, in different aspects, the LVAD intraventraventricular position, the device’s inflow aspect and the outflow graft, routing with a ‘softly’ circuit, reducing the likelihood of kinking, first in left pleural-diaphragmatic space, down to left pulmonary hilus, and after parallel to aorta just to anastomosis side to the first tract of descending aorta. The drive line and the prosthetic mitral ring are also visible.
Implanted Jarvik 2000 FlowMaker left ventricular assist device: three-dimensional computed tomography reconstruction / M. Bonacchi; M. Acquafresca; M. Maiani; G. Sani. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY. - ISSN 1010-7940. - STAMPA. - Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2009 Apr;35(4):731.:(2009), pp. 731-732.
Implanted Jarvik 2000 FlowMaker left ventricular assist device: three-dimensional computed tomography reconstruction.
BONACCHI, MASSIMO;MAIANI, MASSIMO;SANI, GUIDO
2009
Abstract
A postoperative computed tomographic scan showed a satisfactory position of the device. The post-implantation 3-D CT reconstruction (multiscan, 64-slice) showed clearly, in different aspects, the LVAD intraventraventricular position, the device’s inflow aspect and the outflow graft, routing with a ‘softly’ circuit, reducing the likelihood of kinking, first in left pleural-diaphragmatic space, down to left pulmonary hilus, and after parallel to aorta just to anastomosis side to the first tract of descending aorta. The drive line and the prosthetic mitral ring are also visible.
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