title: Perioperative management of left ventricular assist devices.
abstract: The use of mechanical circulatory support for patients with severe heart failure is on the rist. The poeoperative, intraoperative and postoperative challenges the anaesthesiologists skills. These are discussed in this review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Sanjay
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods*