Perioperative management of patients with left ventricular assist devices undergoing noncardiac surgery

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2013 Aug;27(4):752-9. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2012.09.022. Epub 2013 Jan 17.
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Keywords: cardiac assist devices; cardiac surgery; left ventricular assist device; noncardiac surgery.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia
  • Heart-Assist Devices* / adverse effects
  • Hemorrhage / complications
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Care
  • Monitoring, Intraoperative
  • Perioperative Care / methods*
  • Postoperative Care
  • Preoperative Care
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Prosthesis Implantation
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative / methods*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / etiology
  • Ventricular Function, Left