Endovascular treatment of cerebral hemorrhage in a patient with a left ventricular assist device: report of a case.

Abstract

Cerebral hemorrhage is a common lethal complication associated with left ventricular assist device (LVAD) management. We performed cerebral angiography on patients with LVAD who developed cerebral hemorrhage and determined that ruptured aneurysms were the cause in some cases. Endovascular management of patients with LVAD can be a therapeutically useful approach for cerebral hemorrhage caused by aneurysm rupture.

• Authors: Haruna Morito, Takashi Nishimura, Masahiko Ando, Osamu Kinoshita, Hideaki Imai, Akira Iijima, Noboru Motomura, Shunei Kyo, Minoru Ono
• Journal: Surgery today (Surg Today) Vol. 44 Issue 5 Pg. 957-60 (May 2014) ISSN: 1436-2813 [Electronic] Japan
• PMID: 23677597 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Aneurysm, Ruptured (diagnostic imaging, etiology, surgery)
• Angiography, Digital Subtraction
• Cerebral Angiography
• Cerebral Hemorrhage (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Endovascular Procedures (methods)
• Heart Ventricles
• Heart-Assist Devices (adverse effects)
• Humans
• Intracranial Aneurysm (diagnostic imaging, etiology, surgery)
• Male
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Treatment Outcome