SUCCESSFUL PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY WITH CENTRIFUGAL FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE

Seyed Hamed Hosseini Dehkordi,Travis Abicht,Matthew Lippmann,Andrew J. Sauer,Nicholas Haglund,Marc R. Parrish,Jared Staab,Bhanu Gupta

SUCCESSFUL PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY WITH CENTRIFUGAL FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE

2020

Seyed Hamed Hosseini Dehkordi
Travis Abicht
Matthew Lippmann
Andrew J. Sauer
Nicholas Haglund
Marc R. Parrish
Jared Staab
Bhanu Gupta

Pregnancy is contraindicated in patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD). A 24 year old female with history of substance abuse and LVAD implantation presented to the ER with chest pain. Urine pregnancy test was positive and obstetric ultrasound confirmed pregnancy with gestational age (

Keywords:

Ventricular assist device
Diabetes mellitus
Pregnancy
Medicine
Cardiology
Internal medicine
successful pregnancy
Gestational age
Substance abuse
Chest pain
Obstetrics
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