Anesthetic Management of Left Ventricular Assist Device Exchange in a Patient with Intracranial Hemorrhage

The gold standard treatment for end-stage heart failure is heart transplantation; however, the rate of transplantation remains inadequate because of the paucity of organ donation. The left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has been used as a bridge therapy before transplantation. The LVAD is being us...

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Autores principales: Salman, Nevriye, Kocabeyoğlu, Sınan Sabit, Sabuncu, Ülkü, Kervan, Ümit, Paç, Mustafa, Özgök, Ayşegül
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2006- 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7360868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32742290
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Sumario:The gold standard treatment for end-stage heart failure is heart transplantation; however, the rate of transplantation remains inadequate because of the paucity of organ donation. The left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has been used as a bridge therapy before transplantation. The LVAD is being used increasingly because it reduces mortality despite the accompanying morbidities. Therefore, the anesthetic management of LVAD-related morbidities is important and requires experience and knowledge. Herein, we describe a 60-year-old male patient with an LVAD with complaints of right hemiparesis, dysphasia, and facial paralysis. We aim to present the anesthetic management of a patient with intracranial hemorrhage who underwent LVAD exchange due to thrombosis.

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