Affiliation:
1. Congenital Heart Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Abstract
Consensus is lacking regarding screening for complications such as ventricular aneurysms after ventricular assist device explant. We report two pediatric patients, status-post explantation, who developed true left ventricular apical aneurysms diagnosed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Imaging also suggested laminated thrombus versus postoperative changes which were treated with antiplatelet therapy.
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,General Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health,Surgery