SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF MYCOTIC VISCERAL ANEURYSMS IN A LVAD PATIENT AND NAVIGATING LVAD POSTOPERATIVE CHALLENGES

Successful management of mycotic visceral aneurysms in a LVAD patient and navigating LVAD postoperative challenges

This report presents a unique case of concurrent mycotic aneurysms in a 64-year-old male left Womens skirts ventricular assist device (LVAD) recipient.Initially admitted with odontogenic maxillary fungal sinusitis and fungemia, he later presented to our clinic with significant weight loss, fatigue, and LVAD complications.Imaging revealed a large co

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THE NEW CONCEPT OF UNIVENTRICULAR HEART

The concept of univentricular heart moved from hearts with only one ventricle connected with atria (double inlet Tall Drawers ventricle or absent AV connection) to hearts not amenable to biventricular repair, namely hearts with two ventricles unable to sustain separately pulmonary and systemic circulations in sequence.In the latter definition, even

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