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Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Jun 2011
Review[Postoperative management of patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation].
- Klinik für Anästhesiologie am Universitätsklinikum der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen. srex@ukaachen.de
- Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2011 Jun 1;46(6):424-31; quiz 432.
AbstractLeft ventricular assist devices (LVAD) have become an important option for the treatment of patients with advanced heart failure. Unfortunately, patients undergoing LVAD-implantation still experience considerable perioperative morbidity and mortality. Right ventricular failure, bleeding, infections and device-associated problems represent the major postoperative complications. The present overview summarizes current strategies for preoperative risk estimation and for the prevention and treatment of frequently occurring perioperative complications.Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York.
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