Outflow Graft Foreign Body Reaction and Thrombosis in HeartMate
III Left Ventricular Assist Device
Paulino Alvarez MD a, Robert Humble
MD b, Dennis Firchau
MD b, Alexandros Briasoulis MD
PhD a
aDepartment of
Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics,
Section of Heart Failure and Transplantation
bDepartment of Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals
and Clinics,
Key words : outflow cannula, LVAD, thrombosis
Running title : outflow cannula obstruction in LVAD
Word count : 758
Disclosures : None, Funding : None