Are blood clots in patients with heart-assist pumps decreasing or on the rise in 2015?
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 13:42
in Health & Medicine
Evidence-based data indicate that left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have saved many lives. However, starting in 2011 device failures due to clots forming inside these pumps (pump thrombosis) appeared to rise dramatically. There is some indication that these failures may now be declining, but data analysis and interpretation are complex. Several studies suggest that management of patients with LVADs may have to change.