Anesthetic Considerations in a Patient With LVAD and COVID-19 Undergoing Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
; 35(10): 3035-3038, 2021 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1030076
ABSTRACT
Increased survival with left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) has led to a large number of patients with LVADs presenting for noncardiac surgeries (NCS). With studies showing that a trained noncardiac anesthesiologist can safely manage these patients when they present for NCS, it is vital that all anesthesiologists understand the LVAD physiology and its implications in various surgeries. This is even more relevant during the current pandemic in which these complex cardiopulmonary interactions may be even more challenging in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The authors describe a case of a patient with COVID-19 with an LVAD who needed thoracoscopic decortication for recurrent complex pleural effusion and briefly discuss unique challenges presented and their management.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Heart-Assist Devices
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COVID-19
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Anesthetics
Type of study:
Case report
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
Journal subject:
Anesthesiology
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Cardiology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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