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Figure 1. Postoperative chest radiograph showing the HeartWare HVAD
device (HeartWare International, Framingham, MA) in the apical position.
The pump housing appears to be closely apposed to the chest wall.
Figure 2. Internal view of the left hemithorax during exploration. The
pump housing has eroded through the PTFE membrane and pericardium (black
arrow), and the overlying rib is fractured and denuded of periosteum
(white arrow). Bleeding from the intercostal artery has been controlled
with electrocautery.