Development, current status, and anesthetic management of the implanted artificial heart

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1179-1192

  Gaitan, Brantley Dollar ^a   Thunberg, Christopher A ^a   Stansbury, Lynn G ^b   Jaroszewski, Dawn E ^a   Arabia, Francisco A ^a   Griffith, Bartley P ^b   Grigore, Alina M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AbioCor; AbioCor IRH; anesthesia, anesthetic management; bridge to transplantation; destination therapy; implantable replacement heart; implantation technique; SynCardia TAH; total artificial heart; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTIFICIAL HEART; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART, ARTIFICIAL; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PULMONARY VEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82255175275     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2011.02.007     Document Type: Review

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