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Case Reports
Anesthetic Challenges for Posterior Spine Surgery in a Patient With Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Case Report.
- J Pablo Kollmar, Douglas A Colquhoun, and Julie L Huffmyer.
- From the *Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and †Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- A A Case Rep. 2017 Aug 1; 9 (3): 77-80.
AbstractWith the growing rate of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation, patients with end-stage heart failure and LVAD support are presenting for a variety of noncardiac surgeries. We describe a case of urgent posterior lumbar decompression for spinal stenosis in a 73-year-old man with HeartMateII LVAD, which presented significant anesthetic challenges in terms of positioning, blood loss, and coagulopathy.
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