Minimally invasive procedure for removal of infected ventriculoatrial shunts.
Lorenzo MagrassiGianluca MezziniLorenzo Paolo MoramarcoNicola CionfoliDavid ShepetowskyElena SeminariAngela Di MatteoPietro QuarettiPublished in: Acta neurochirurgica (2020)
Patients carrying a ventriculoatrial shunt are now rarely seen and awareness of long-term ventriculoatrial shunt complications is decreasing. However, these complications must be recognized and treated by shunt removal. Endovascular techniques are appropriate even in the presence of overt endocarditis, atrial thrombi, and tight adherence to the endocardial wall. Moreover, weaning from shunt dependence is possible even decades after shunting.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- pulmonary artery
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- risk factors
- chronic kidney disease
- blood brain barrier
- prognostic factors
- pulmonary hypertension
- atrial fibrillation
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- patient reported outcomes
- intensive care unit
- skeletal muscle
- patient reported
- insulin resistance
- weight loss
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- left ventricular