%0 Journal Article %T Left ventricular assist device exchange for the treatment of HeartMate II pump thrombosis %A Anamika Chatterjee %A Axel Haverich %A Christina Feldmann %A G¨šnes Dogan %A Jan D. Schmitto %A Jan Heimeshoff %A Jasmin S. Hanke %A Leonard Wert %A Marcel Ricklefs %J SCIE-indexed Journal %D 2018 %R 10.21037/jtd.2018.01.115 %X Despite medical successes, left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) continue to have several deficiencies such as infection, bleeding complications, and permanent lifestyle changes for the patient, which need to be considered before implantation (1-7) %U http://jtd.amegroups.com/article/view/20224/html