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Initial experience of EVAHEART explantation after continuous-flow LVAD off test with percutaneous occlusion balloon

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In contrast to a pulsatile-flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD), an LVAD off test for evaluation of cardiac recovery with a continuous-flow device is difficult because of intra-circuit backflow from the outflow graft when a device is stopped. We report a case of reliable evaluation of cardiac recovery using balloon occlusion of the outflow graft, followed by successful removal of a continuous-flow EVAHEART LVAD using a minimally invasive approach.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamadaoka, 2-2, Suita City, Osaka, 565-0087, Japan

    Noriyuki Kashiyama, Koichi Toda, Shigeru Miyagawa, Hiroyuki Nishi, Yasushi Yoshikawa, Satsuki Fukushima, Daisuke Yoshioka, Tetsuya Saito & Yoshiki Sawa

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  1. Noriyuki Kashiyama
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Correspondence to Yoshiki Sawa.

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Kashiyama, N., Toda, K., Miyagawa, S. et al. Initial experience of EVAHEART explantation after continuous-flow LVAD off test with percutaneous occlusion balloon. J Artif Organs 17, 366–369 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10047-014-0784-y

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