Ventricular-assist device therapy in children.
Mechanical circulatory support is an important modality in the management of paediatric patients with circulatory failure. The field of ventricular assist device (VAD) is particularly evolving. We review the currently available and developing VADs in the paediatric population, and the anaesthetic management of patients presenting for VAD implantation and with VADs for non-cardiac surgery.
Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA. koichi.yuki@childrens.harvard.edu
Koichi
K
Yuki
Ruchika
R
Sharma
James
J
DiNardo
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D004867:Equipment Design; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods
D000777:Anesthetics