| Non-cardiac surgery in patients on long-term left ventricular assist device support. | |
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PMID: 22425233 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: An increasing number of patients on left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support are requiring non-cardiac surgical (NCS) procedures. We reviewed our experience with the management of patients on continuous flow (CF) LVAD support undergoing NCS. METHODS: From March 2006 through March 2011, 86 patients with chronic heart failure underwent implantation of a HeartMate II (Thoratec Corp, Pleasanton, CA) LVAD. Clinical records of these patients were reviewed to identify patients who underwent NCS while on LVAD support, with a focus on peri-operative death, bleeding, thrombosis, and device malfunction, as well as management of pre-operative anti-coagulation. RESULTS: While on CF-LVAD support, 20 patients underwent 25 NCSs, comprising 13 major and 12 minor procedures. Operations were performed electively in 22 and as emergencies in 3. No peri-operative deaths, thromboembolic complications, or device malfunctions occurred. The incidence of bleeding requiring transfusion of packed red blood cells was 36.0%, including 25% of patients undergoing minor NCSs and 46.2% undergoing major NCSs (p = 0.004). All bleeding complications occurred in patients on both warfarin and aspirin pre-operatively. The only significant differences between patients who did and did not require transfusion were pre-operative warfarin use and significantly higher pre-operative international normalized ratio in the transfused group (1.9 ± 0.4 vs 1.4 ± 0.3; p = 0.008). CONCLUSIONS: Non-cardiac operations can be performed safely in patients with CF-LVADs. It may possible to reduce peri-operative bleeding by lowering pre-operative anti-coagulation goals, especially before major surgery. However, additional analysis is required to determine if this can be performed safely. |
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Jeffrey A Morgan; Gaetano Paone; Hassan W Nemeh; Scott E Henry; Brent Gerlach; Celeste T Williams; David E Lanfear; Cristina Tita; Robert J Brewer |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-3-14 |
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Title: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation Volume: - ISSN: 1557-3117 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
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Created Date: 2012-3-19 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9102703 Medline TA: J Heart Lung Transplant Country: - |
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Copyright © 2012 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. |
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