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CT scan of the 42-year-old man with HeartMate II left ventricular assist device (LVAD) demonstrating the multiple kinking of the outflow graft (arrows) due probably to the adjusted outflow graft being too long in the primary implantation. LVADs have been increasingly used for patients with advanced heart failure (HF) with consequent increase in intensive care admission due to adverse events or as initial bridge from extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
