Abstract:Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection exposes patients with heart failure to
a higher risk of morbidity and mortality. In LVAD patients, one of the
key problems that can lead to life-threatening low-flow or pump
malfunction due to thrombus development in the inflow cannula, device
body, or outflow graft, implicating hemodynamic instability, hemolysis,
renal or hepatic failure, or cerebral or peripheral thromboembolism.
[Endothelial protein C receptor and thrombomodulin levels are elevated
along with procoagulants s… Show more
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