Abstract:Case Description/Methods: A 58-year-old female with past medical history significant for chronic systolic heart failure, ischemic cardiomyopathy status post Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) one year prior. End stage heart failure patients requiring LVAD placement routinely undergo screening colonoscopy as part of their pre-transplant evaluation, as the presence of colon cancer or advanced neoplasia could preclude heart transplantation. As part of orthotopic heart transplant evaluation she was admitted to … Show more
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