1. Corpus callosum hemorrhage during left ventricular-assist device support
- Author
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Julien Desgué, Fabio Cuttone, Anaïs Lemaire, Dimitri Buklas, Massimo Massetti, and Calin Ivascau
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Shock, Cardiogenic ,Computed tomography ,Corpus callosum ,Prosthesis Design ,Ventricular Function, Left ,Corpus Callosum ,Hematoma ,Risk Factors ,Medicine ,Humans ,Settore MED/23 - CHIRURGIA CARDIACA ,Heartmate ii ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Anticoagulants ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Stroke ,von Willebrand Diseases ,Ventricular assistance device ,Ventricular assist device ,Hemorrhagic complication ,Surgery ,Female ,Radiology ,Heart-Assist Devices ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Intracranial Hemorrhages - Abstract
Patients supported by left ventricular-assist devices are at high risk of bleeding, but among the numerous hemorrhagic complications, those involving the corpus callosum are very uncommon. We report the case of a 35-year-old woman who suddenly experienced neurological symptoms 4 months after HeartMate II implantation. Cranial computed tomography showed a voluminous hematoma involving the corpus callosum.
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- 2014