title: [Anaesthetic management in left ventricular assist device implantation as destination therapy: Our first experience].
abstract: Left ventricular assist devices have emerged as one of the main therapies of advanced cardiac failure due the increase of this disease and lack of organ supply for cardiac transplantation. The anaesthetic management is described on a patient without cardiac transplantation criteria. The device was successfully implanted as a destination therapy.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España. Electronic address: estherdelbarrio@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: del Barrio Gómez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sastre
mesh_terms: D000777:Anesthetics; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics
keywords: Anestesia en cirugía cardíaca; Cardiac anaesthesia; Dispositivos de asistencia ventricular izquierda; Heart failure; Insuficiencia cardíaca; Left ventricular assist device