PMC:6640909 / 107436-108230 JSONTXT

{"target":"https://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PMC/sourceid/6640909","sourcedb":"PMC","sourceid":"6640909","source_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/6640909","text":"Diagnosis encompasses clinical signs, pump parameters, laboratory analyses and imaging. Usually, patients with pump thrombus present with various degrees of circulatory compromise and pump alarms. Log-file analysis of the pump can distinguish between different kinds of blood flow obstructions. The major discriminant is power consumption: High power consumption is a sign of intrapump thrombosis because of the high level of energy needed to produce the same amount of flow in the presence of material-altering rotor movements. Low power consumption translates into low flow alarms for any CF-LVAD. Software is required to analyse the log-files downloaded from the pump, including data concerning the pattern of the pump’s power consumption and blood flow throughout the time of symptom onset.","tracks":[]}