title: Monitoring Cardiac Output and Transesophageal Echocardiography during Removal of a Ventricular Assist Device.
abstract: A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a mechanical pump used to support heart function and blood flow in patients with poor heart functions. For selected patients who are too ill to wait for a heart transplant or are not eligible for a heart transplant because of age or other medical problems, ventricular assist devices offer life-saving therapy. This device has also become a life-saving approach for patients with acute viral myocarditis. Following the acute illness phase, when heart function has improved, the VAD is carefully removed. It is very important to continuously monitor myocardial functions during this period. In this paper, we present a patient who underwent cardiac output and transesophageal echocardiography monitoring during VAD removal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Turkey Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aslı
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Turkey Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ümit
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Karadeniz
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Turkey Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bahar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aydınlı
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Turkey Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taş
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Turkey Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Özcan
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Erdemli
keywords: Anaesthesia; cardiac output; mechanical circulatory support; ventricular assist device