Citation

Skouri H, Shurrab M, Haj-Yahia S. ASAIO J. 2016; 62(3): 359-360.

Affiliation

1 Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon 2 National Heart, Lung & Transplant Institute, An-Najah National University Hospital, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine 3 Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/MAT.0000000000000334

PMID

26735560

Abstract

In the Middle East, heart failure prevalence seems to be high as the rest of the world. Few countries in the region recently have started implanting left ventricular assist devices, basically as destination therapy. Terrorism and terrorist activities have been expanded worldwide especially in this part of the world. We present a case that highlights the relation between suicide bombers and LVAD patients.

Language: en