title: [Postoperative management of patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation].
abstract: Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) have become an important option for the treatment of patients with advanced heart failure. Unfortunately, patients undergoing LVAD-implantation still experience considerable perioperative morbidity and mortality. Right ventricular failure, bleeding, infections and device-associated problems represent the major postoperative complications. The present overview summarizes current strategies for preoperative risk estimation and for the prevention and treatment of frequently occurring perioperative complications.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie am Universitätsklinikum der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen. srex@ukaachen.de
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rex
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D012151:Resuscitation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000628:therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants