Successful control of intractable Impella 5.5 graft site bleeding using a Viabahn stent graft: A case report
Seimei Kure, Taiichi Takasaki, Khoirur Rijal Ashsholih, Toshifumi Hiraoka, Shinya Takahashi · 2026
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Description
Seimei Kure and four colleagues describe, in a 2026 case report, stopping unstoppable bleeding at the graft site of a heart pump by lining the artery from inside with a covered stent. The Impella 5.5 pump supports failing hearts but enters through a surgical graft that can ooze badly when blood cannot clot.
Their patient, a 35-year-old man with idiopathic cardiomyopathy, had already been supported by a smaller pump and developed severe clotting failure. A Viabahn stent graft placed in the right subclavian artery sealed the graft junction at once while keeping the arm supplied. Bleeding stopped completely, support continued, and the pump was later removed safely after his heart recovered.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Seimei Kure, Taiichi Takasaki, Khoirur Rijal Ashsholih, Toshifumi Hiraoka, Shinya Takahashi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 9259 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |