Air in the Right Ventricle During Mechanical Circulatory Support: How to Proceed?

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Aug;33(8):2246-2249. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.11.001. Epub 2018 Nov 3.

Authors

Brian T Tolly¹, Jonathan K Zoller²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Electronic address: tolly.brian@wustl.edu.
² Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.

PMID: 30563717
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.11.001

No abstract available

Keywords: air; left ventricular assist device; right ventricular assist device; transesophageal echocardiography; ventricular assist device.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Cardiomyopathies / complications
Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging
Cardiomyopathies / therapy
Embolism, Air / complications
Embolism, Air / diagnostic imaging*
Embolism, Air / therapy*
Extracorporeal Circulation / methods*
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Male
Ventricular Function, Right / physiology