title: Insertion of right ventricular assist device and its removal under local anesthesia.
abstract: A patient with acute right ventricular infarction was treated with coronary artery bypass grafting. A few days later developed right ventricular failure and required insertion of a right ventricular assist device through a sternotomy approach (TandemHeart, CardiacAssist, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, USA). We herein report a technique in which the removal of the right ventricular assist device is performed under local anesthesia without a sternotomy incision.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida 33136, USA. tsalerno@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Tomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Salerno
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: Efren
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Buitrago
authors.forename: Enisa M F
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Anthony L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Panos
mesh_terms: D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D020878:Device Removal; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*