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Anesthetic Challenges for Posterior Spine Surgery in a Patient With Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Case Report.
A & A Case Reports 2017 August 2
With 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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