Perioperative considerations in the patient with a left ventricular assist device.
Nicolosi
Alfred C
AC
Department of Surgery (Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery), the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee 53226, USA. nicolosi@mcw.edu
Pagel
Paul S
PS
D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left