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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;67:1148-1150
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Cerebral embolism associated with left ventricular assist device support and successful therapy with intraarterial urokinase

Vigneshwar Kasirajan, MDa, Nicholas G. Smedira, MDa, John Perl, II, MDb, Patrick M. McCarthy, MDa

a Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio, 44195 USA
b Neuroradiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid AveCleveland, Ohio, 44195 USA

Accepted for publication September 16, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Smedira, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery F-25, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195

A patient with a bioprosthetic aortic valve sustained a cerebral embolism during support with an implantable left ventricular assist device. This was lysed with intra-arterial urokinase with complete resolution of the neurological deficit. Subsequently the patient underwent heart transplantation and remains neurologically intact. This case report is the first successful use of thrombolysis for cerebral embolism associated with a mechanical assist device.




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