Treatment of Thrombus Formation Associated With the MicroMed DeBakey VAD Using Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator

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Authors

Markus Rothenburger · University Hospital Bonn

Markus J. Wilhelm · University Hospital Bonn

Dieter Hammel · University Hospital Münster

C. G. Schmidt · MIT University

Tonny D.T. Tjan · Deutsche Telekom (Austria)

Dirk Böcker · University Hospital Münster

Hans H. Scheld ·

Abstract

Rt-PA lysis is a very effective tool for thrombus-related pump dysfunction in patients with impeller pumps, which renders emergency surgical exchange unnecessary in most cases.

Topics & Keywords

Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Acute Myocardial Infarction Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation

Volume 106, Issue 12_suppl_1, pp. I189-92

DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000032913.33237.f5

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