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World J Radiol. Apr 28, 2016; 8(4): 428-433
Published online Apr 28, 2016. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v8.i4.428
Gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with a continuous-flow biventricular assist device
Raymond V Mirasol, Jason J Tholany, Hasini Reddy, Billie S Fyfe-Kirschner, Christina L Cheng, Issam F Moubarak, John L Nosher
Raymond V Mirasol, Department of Internal Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ 07753, United Sates
Jason J Tholany, Issam F Moubarak, John L Nosher, Department of Radiology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United Sates
Hasini Reddy, Billie S Fyfe-Kirschner, Department of Pathology, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United Sates
Christina L Cheng, Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United Sates
Author contributions: Mirasol RV, Tholany JJ and Nosher JL designed the report; Reddy H, Fyfe-Kirschner BS, Cheng CL and Moubarak IF collected the patient’s clinical data and made critical revisions to the manuscript; Mirasol RV, Reddy H, Moubarak IF and Nosher JL wrote the paper; all authors gave final approval for the article to be published.
Institutional review board statement: Rutgers Health Sciences New Brunswick Institutional Review Board, New Brunswick, New Jersey. This Institutional Review Board does not require review of a single case study.
Informed consent statement: All study participants provided verbal consent to participation in this study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors of this study report no conflict-of-interest in the performance or publication of this study.
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Correspondence to: John L Nosher, MD, Department of Radiology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, Medical Education Building, Room #404, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States. nosher@rutgers.edu
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Received: November 9, 2015
Peer-review started: November 9, 2015
First decision: December 7, 2015
Revised: January 21, 2016
Accepted: February 14, 2016
Article in press: February 16, 2016
Published online: April 28, 2016
Core Tip

Core tip: Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding from angiodysplasia is a recognized complication in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices. The pathogenesis of the association, including coagulopathy and mechanics related to blood flow through the device, remains under investigation. We review a case of GI bleeding in a patient with a continuous-flow biventricular assist device.