Left ventricular assist devices provide haemodynamic support for patients with advanced heart failure waiting for heart transplantation. Although uncommon, aortic complications can happen as a result of LVAD insertion and be life-threatening. Percutaneous aortic interventions can be performed in such cases to promote thrombosis and remodelling of false lumen or aneurysmatic spaces, hence potentially reducing the risk of sudden death. Contrast-enhanced TOE can be easily and safely used to monitor the intervention in order to improve anatomic definition, guide positioning of wires and catheters and assess early results.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- left ventricular
- magnetic resonance imaging
- heart failure
- diffusion weighted
- magnetic resonance
- computed tomography
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- aortic valve
- randomized controlled trial
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- diffusion weighted imaging
- ultrasound guided
- acute myocardial infarction
- aortic stenosis
- left atrial
- mitral valve
- pulmonary artery
- aortic dissection
- physical activity
- dual energy
- coronary artery
- stem cells
- pulmonary embolism
- left atrial appendage
- coronary artery disease
- mesenchymal stem cells
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- radiofrequency ablation