Echocardiography can be more sensitive than thoracic computed tomography in detecting a thrombus in the inflow cannula of a continuous left ventricular assist device

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Aissaoui, Nadia ^a   Paluszkiewicz, Lech ^a   Koertke H , Heinrich ^a   Morshuis, Michiel ^a   Gummert, Jan ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D echocardiography; thrombus; ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 81155133844     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01496.x     Document Type: Article

References (1)

1. Estep JD, Stainback RF, Little SH, et al,: The role of echocardiography and other imaging modalities in patients with left ventricular assist devices. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2010; 3: 1049-1064.