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Current International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation recommendations favour surgical pump exchange over lysis because safety and efficacy of lysis has been controversially reported. This study summarizes our experience on our HeartWare thrombosis prevention strategy as well as thrombolysis through implementation of our institutional standardized HeartWare assist device protocol.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Outcomes of all HeartWare thrombosis patients admitted between 2010 and 2020 were analysed. Thrombolysis therapy using tissue plasminogen activator was used as the first-line therapy in this study and thrombolysis therapy efficacy was defined as freedom from stroke, bleeding, recurrent HeartWare assist device thrombosis or surgical device exchange within 30 days after lysis application.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A total of 507 patients have been included in this study and 66 patients (13%) collectively developed a first HeartWare-thrombosis after a median of 12 months (8\u201322 months) after HeartWare implantation. Forty patients were treated with unstandardized lysis, of whom 7 patients had thrombolysis associated complications, such as incomplete thrombus resolution requiring surgical pump exchange in 4 patients, but also intracranial haemorrhage occurring in 3 patients. Three patients died in the non-protocol group. Eight device thrombosis patients were treated according to our protocol, showing no lysis-associated complication.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Despite current recommendations, preferring surgical HeartWare pump exchange in thrombosis, thrombolysis therapy for first HeartWare thrombosis can be safe and effective in a standardized protocol setting, including anticoagulation adjustment and intensified blood pressure control management.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/icvts\/ivac054","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,21]],"date-time":"2022-02-21T20:19:17Z","timestamp":1645474757000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Evolution of thrombolytic therapy in patients with HeartWare ventricular assist device thrombosis: a single-institutional 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