Insertion of right ventricular assist device and its removal under local anesthesia.
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.
Salerno
Tomas A
TA
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida 33136, USA. tsalerno@med.miami.edu
Ricci
Marco
M
Buitrago
Efren
E
Carvalho
Enisa M F
EM
Panos
Anthony L
AL
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*