Effect of Aortic Valve Movements on Gastrointestinal Bleeding That Occured in Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients
Articles > Article · 2013
Authors: O. BALCIOGLU, Çağatay ENGİN, Tahir YAĞDI, Sanem NALBANTGİL, B. BAYSAL, S. ERKUL, Y. ENGIN, I. KUTLAYEY, Mustafa ÖZBARAN
Transplantation Proceedings, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2013, vol 45, pp 1020-1021
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.02.072
Summary
Background. Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is one of the recently reported complications with continuous flow left ventricular assist devices (LVAD). The pathophysiology and etiology are unclear. We sought to describe the relationship between aortic valve movements and GI bleeding among patients with a new generation of LVAD.