“…9,18 Prior studies assessing the role of CCT in patients with LVADs have mainly focused on the additional extracardiac information that this technique provides over echocardiography, demonstrating clear superiority in diagnosis of some complications such as cannula thrombosis or malposition. 10,19,20 In our study, relevant post-operative findings were found in half of the patients, including 2 with cannula thrombi. In fact, the most common post-operative complications in these patients included RV dysfunction, cannula obstruction, pericardial collection/hematoma or pulmonary embolism, which are relatively easy to detect by CCT, whereas assessing some of these using transthoracic echocardiography remains a challenge.…”