Utilization of Transverse Abdominis Plexus Block for Treatment of HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device-Associated Pain

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Aug;32(4):1866-1870. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.11.049. Epub 2017 Dec 2.

Authors

Antonio Hernandez Conte¹, Jennifer Hajj², Stephen X Yang³, Elizabeth Passano², Heather Barone², Dhilan A Thuraisingham⁴, Jaime Moriguchi⁴, Jon Kobashigawa², Francisco Arabia²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: Antonio.Conte@kp.org.
² The Heart Institute & Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

PMID: 29395822
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.11.049

No abstract available

Keywords: refractory abdominal pain; transverse abdominis plexus block; ventricular assist device.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Muscles / diagnostic imaging
Abdominal Muscles / surgery*
Abdominal Pain / diagnostic imaging
Abdominal Pain / etiology*
Abdominal Pain / surgery*
Aged
Anesthetics, Local / administration & dosage
Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
Heart Failure / surgery
Heart-Assist Devices / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Nerve Block / methods*

Substances

Anesthetics, Local