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Ventricular Fibrillation in a Left Ventricular Assist Device Patient: Can the echocardiogram be misleading?
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2020
unpublished
Sustained ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation (VF) are life-threatening arrhythmias which remain highly prevalent in patients with advanced heart failure. These ventricular arrhythmias may impair the support provided by CF-LVADs and lead to frequent hospitalizations, antiarrhythmic medication use, external defibrillations, and need for heart transplantation. We report a case in which a patient with a CF-LVAD and an ICD at end-of-life (EOL) presented with asymptomatic low-flow
doi:10.22541/au.160278478.88970346/v1
fatcat:67uphthzzjdgxlx5gxsxby5gta